Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Philadelphia & Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland, sitting in admiralty. It was a libel filed by one corporation against another corporation in the District Court of Maryland, under the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland, sitting in admiralty. It was a libel filed by one corporation against another corporation in the District Court of Maryland, under the circumstances stated in the opinion of the court. The District Court decreed in favor of the libellants, the appellees, and awarded damages to the amount, of $7,000.36. The Circuit Court, on appeal, affirmed the decree, and the railroad company appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greer
A brief statement of the facts of this case will be sufficient to show the relevancy of the questions to be decided.
The appellants were authorized by a statute of Maryland to .construct a railway bridge over the mouth of the Susquehanna fiver, at Havre de Grace. They entered into an agreement with certain contractors, to prepare the foundations and erect the .piers. In pursuance of their contract, these persons drove piles into the channel of the river, under the direction of the engineers employed by the appellants. Before the completion of the contract, the appellants abandoned their…
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