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PHILA., WIL., & BALT. R. CO. v. PHIL. & HAVRE DE GRACE STEAM TOWBOAT CO.

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64 U.S. 209 (1860)

23 How. 209

16 L.Ed. 433

THE PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON, AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. THE PHILADELPHIA AND HAVRE DE GRACE STEAM TOWBOAT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 13, 1860.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Schley and Mr. Donaldson for the appellants, and by Mr. Dobbin for the appellees.

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

A brief statement of the facts of this case will be sufficient to show the relevancy of the questions to be decided.

The appellants were authorized by a statute of Maryland to construct a railway bridge over the mouth of the Susquehanna river, at Havre de Grace. They entered into an agreement with certain contractors, to prepare the foundations and erect the piers...

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