CLINTON BRIDGE CASE
\klˈɪntən bɹˈɪd͡ʒ kˈe͡ɪs], \klˈɪntən bɹˈɪdʒ kˈeɪs], \k_l_ˈɪ_n_t_ə_n b_ɹ_ˈɪ_dʒ k_ˈeɪ_s]\
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An important litigation in the United States Supreme Court, 1870, which established the doctrine by which railroad bridges may be said to have gained clear recognition of their rights of way in preference to the navigable waters crossed by them, through the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
By John Franklin Jameson
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
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