MILLER v. MAYOR OF NEW YORK


109 U.S. 385 (1883)

MILLER v. MAYOR OF NEW YORK and Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 26th, 1883.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Arnoux for the appellant.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate for the appellees.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was commenced in May, 1876, to restrain the erection of the suspension bridge, then under construction, over East River, in the State of New York, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn, at the height of 135 feet above the river at high-water mark, which was the proposed elevation of the structure. As the bridge has since been completed, if the plaintiff...

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