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UNITED STATES v. COLUMBIA RIVER-LONGVIEW BRIDGE CO.

No. 8735.

99 F.2d 287 (1938)

UNITED STATES et al. v. COLUMBIA RIVER-LONGVIEW BRIDGE CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 24, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., of Seattle, Wash., and Oliver Malm, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Tacoma, Wash., for appellants.

Warren H. Lewis and Wendell W. Black, both of Seattle, Wash. (Harry J. Gerrity, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Is the United States required to pay tolls for transporting munitions of war across a toll bridge constructed pursuant to the Bridge Act of 1906, where the public highway leading to the bridge is a "free" highway. The trial court decided in the affirmative.

The Bridge Act of 1906 (Act of March 23, 1906, 34 Stat. 84, 33 U.S.C.A. § 491 et seq.) relating to bridges over navigable waters of the United States provided in § 2, 33...

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