The West River Bridge Company, Plaintiffs In Error v. Joseph Dix and the Towns of Brattleboro and Dummerston, In the County of Windham, Defendants In Error the West River Bridge Company, Plaintiffs In Error v. the Towns of Brattleboro and Dummerston, In the County of Windham, and Joseph Dix, Asa Boyden, and Phineas Underwood, Defendants In Error
Decision Date | 01 January 1848 |
Citation | 12 L.Ed. 535,47 U.S. 507,6 How. 507 |
Parties | THE WEST RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH DIX AND THE TOWNS OF BRATTLEBORO' AND DUMMERSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. THE WEST RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE TOWNS OF BRATTLEBORO' AND DUMMERSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM, AND JOSEPH DIX, ASA BOYDEN, AND PHINEAS UNDERWOOD, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
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...1178, 87 L.Ed. 1628 (1943), 256, 314, 316-17, 326, 385, 568, 1100, 1407, 1548, 1552 West River Bridge Co. v. Dix, 47 U.S. (6 How.) 507, 12 L.Ed. 535 (1848), 954 West Winds, Inc. v. M.V. Resolute, 720 F.2d 1097 (9th Cir. 1983), 52-53 Western Union Tel. Co. v. Foster, 247 U.S. 105, 38 S.Ct. 4......
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