Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit July 7, 1843 (Mayor of Georgetown v. Porter)

This was a suit brought by the complainants to enjoin the defendants from proceeding further in constructing a drawbridge. The complainants claimed they had a vested right, and interest in the draw-bridge, the said draw to be constructed and formed by the defendants, that the bridge company from whom the United States purchased the bridge leading from Washington to Alexandria county, could not