City of Georgetown v. THE ALEXANDRIA CANAL COMPANY, &C.
Supreme Court of the United States
ON appeal from the circuit court of the United'States, lor the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The appellants filed their bill in the court below, in July, 1836, stating, in substance, that they were deeply interested in the trade and navigation of the Potomac river, a common highway; the unobstructed use of which is secured by a compact in 1786, between the states of Virginia', and Maryland.
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ON appeal from the circuit court of the United'States, lor the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia. The appellants filed their bill in the court below, in July, 1836, stating, in substance, that they were deeply interested in the trade and navigation of the Potomac river, a common highway; the unobstructed use of which is secured by a compact in 1786, between the states of Virginia', and Maryland. That the appellees, under the alleged authority of an act of congress of the 26th of May, 183.0, are engaged at Georgetown, and within its corporate, limits, in constructing an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barbour
delivered the opinión of the Court.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington, in. the District of Columbia,' dismissing the appellants’ bill.
The appellants filed their bill in the court below, in behalf of themselves and the citizens of Georgetown, against the appellees'; containing various allegation^, the material parts oí which, are substantially. these: That the appellees, who were defendants in the court below, had’ been, and then were engaged in constructing an ■aqueduct over the Potomac river, at Georgetown, within its…
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