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LOUISVILLE BRIDGE CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 540.

242 U.S. 409 (1917)

LOUISVILLE BRIDGE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William W. Crawford and Mr. Lawrence Maxwell, with whom Mr. Charles H. Gibson was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant is the owner of a bridge across the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, known as the "Ohio Falls Bridge," which was built under an act of Congress approved February 17, 1865, c. 38, 13 Stat. 431, supplementary to an act approved July 14, 1862, c. 167, 12 Stat. 569. The 1862 Act as amended allowed the bridge to be built under one of several plans detailed, and...

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