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BRIDGE CO. v. UNITED STATES

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105 U.S. 470 (1882)

26 L.Ed. 1143

BRIDGE COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 2-3, 1882.

May 8, 1882.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William M. Ramsey for the appellant.

The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The first question which presents itself is, whether, on the face of the several acts of Congress, any liability rests on the United States to pay the bridge company the cost of the change that was directed in the plan of its bridge. It cannot be denied that but for the act of 1871 a bridge built according to the original plan would have been a lawful structure which the company could...

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