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United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 229 U.S. 244 (1913)
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United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 229 U.S. 244 (1913)
United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company No. 118 Argued October 19, 20, 1911 Decided June 10, 1913 229 U.S. 244
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
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A judgment dismissing, on the merits, an equity action brought by the Secretary of War against a railroad company to declare a bridge over a navigable stream to be an unreasonable obstruction and to require its removal under the Act of March 3, 1899, on the ground that the provisions of the act did not apply, held, in a criminal trial on an indictment charging the same party with violating the penal provisions of the said act, to be res judicata and decisive of the question. Quaere how far, if at all, a statutory grant to erect a bridge over navigable waters of the United States on specified terms in an act of Congress without reservation of the right to alter or amend operates to limit Congress to directly legislate as to removal or alteration of such bridge.
Quaere what the effect is on subsequent action by Congress of a decree of a court in an action determining that a bridge was properly erected over a navigable stream pursuant to grant in an earlier act of Congress.
The facts, which involve the construction of provisions of the Act of March 3, 1899, in regard to the authority of the Secretary of War to require alteration of bridges over nav;gable waters of the United States, are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 229 U.S. 244 (1913) in 229 U.S. 244 229 U.S. 245. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2GTR9JDZSTX3MP6.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 229 U.S. 244 (1913), in 229 U.S. 244, page 229 U.S. 245. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2GTR9JDZSTX3MP6.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 229 U.S. 244 (1913). cited in 1913, 229 U.S. 244, pp.229 U.S. 245. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2GTR9JDZSTX3MP6.
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