Legal Opinion

Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 19, 1888No. 80PublishedCited by 160 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR. THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. Bill of Review. Decree dismissing the bill. Complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the c ,'urt.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley

This is a bill of review filed by the appellants, a-corporation of Oregon, to obtain the reversal of a decree made by the court below against them in favor of Hatch and Lownsdale, the appellees. The case is shortly this: On the 18th of October, 1878, the legislature of Oregon passed an act entitled “An act to authorize the construction of a bridge on the "Willamette River between the city of Portland and the city of East Portland, in Multnomah County, State of Oregon; ” by which it was enacted as follows, to wit: “ Be it enaetef &c., That it shall be lawful for the Portland Bridge Company, a…

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