PORT RICHMOND FERRY v. HUDSON COUNTY

No. 225.

234 U.S. 317 (1914)

PORT RICHMOND AND BERGEN POINT FERRY COMPANY v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF HUDSON COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 8, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Bergen for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James J. Murphy for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error, Port Richmond and Bergen Point Ferry Company, was incorporated in 1848 (c. 306) by special act of the legislature of New York for the purpose of maintaining a ferry across the Kill von Kull from Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, to Bergen Point, Hudson County, New Jersey.1 This act prescribed rates of ferriage...

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