Legal Opinion
Canton Co. v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 6, 1924No. 2173PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
Canton Company of Baltimore owns and
•operates a concrete pier, known as Pier No. 8, extending south about 1,000 feet into the harbor. The warehouse on the pier was a wooden building, about 500 feet long, 18 feet high, and 100 feet wide. On the east side of the pier is a dock for vessels receiving and discharging cargo. A double line of railroad track, used to convey freight to and from ships, extends along the entire length of the pier on the west ■side. The space between the-wall of the warehouse and the nearer railroad track was used as a platform on which freight was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bennett v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- United States v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- District of Columbia v. MoultonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Naam Looze Vennoot Schap v. Pennsylvania R.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- John I. Hay Co. v. the Allen B. WoodDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1954
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