City of Philadelphia v. Collins
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
March 7th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnbw and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 183, to July-Term 1870. This was an action on the case brought November 24th 1869, by Henry Collins against The City of Philadelphia, to recover damages sustained by him from the detention of his canal-boat in the Schuylkill navigation for want of water by reason of the drawing off the water of the river during the drought of…
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March 7th 1871. Before Thompson, C. J., Read, Agnbw and Sharswood, JJ. Williams, J., at Nisi Prius. Error to the District Court of Philadelphia: No. 183, to July-Term 1870. This was an action on the case brought November 24th 1869, by Henry Collins against The City of Philadelphia, to recover damages sustained by him from the detention of his canal-boat in the Schuylkill navigation for want of water by reason of the drawing off the water of the river during the drought of the summer of 1869 to supply the Eairmount waterworks. The case was tried June 2d 1870, before Thayer, J. The plaintiff,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Thompson, C. J.
We have given this case, and the manner of its trial, much consideration; and, although the remark seems like anticipating a result, we regard the case as having been carefully, considerately and well tried by the learned judge below. It was the case of a canal boatman, with a boat-load of coal, passing over the Schuylkill Navigation Company’s works from Port Carbon, Schuylkill county, and destined for New York, but prevented from passing out of their works after arriving at Manayunk, on the 10th of August 1869, by reason of the…
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