NEWARK v. CENTRAL R.R.

No. 351.

267 U.S. 377 (1925)

CITY OF NEWARK, ET AL. v. CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Wickersham, with whom Messrs. Jerome T. Congleton, Corporation Counsel of the City of Newark; Edward L. Katzenbach, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey; Thomas J. Brogan, Corporation Counsel of the City of Jersey City, and Paxton Blair, were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Richard V. Lindabury, with whom Mr. Charles E. Miller was on the brief, for the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey.

Mr. Julius Henry Cohen, for the Port of New York Authority.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought by the City of Newark to enjoin the construction of a bridge across Newark Bay. Jersey City and the State of New Jersey by leave of court intervened as parties complainant.

Under the authority of c. 64, Laws of New Jersey, 1860, the defendant company constructed and has since maintained and used a double-track wooden railroad bridge, with bascule draws, across Newark Bay. It is below...

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