Levin v. Philadelphia

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Defendant, as trustee for the Girard Estate, owned piers Nos. 1 and 2 North Wharves, Philadelphia, which had, for many years, been leased to the Clyde Steamship Company. In 1904 the city and the steamship company jointly constructed a bulkhead on piling between the two piers, which the company continued to occupy until September 30, 1919, at which time its tenancy ceased and the premises were surrendered to defendant. On November 5, 1919, the bulkhead in question, through William H. Vivian, acting as agent for the Girard Estate, was leased to the Trenton &…