Upper Steamboat Co. v. Blake
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the libellant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a District Court, dismissing a libel in admiralty, for want of jurisdiction. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This is a libel in admiralty to recover what is claimed as rent for a wharf, situated in the District.
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Hearing on an appeal by the libellant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, holding a District Court, dismissing a libel in admiralty, for want of jurisdiction. The Court in its opinion stated the case as follows: This is a libel in admiralty to recover what is claimed as rent for a wharf, situated in the District. The libellant is a corporation created under the law of the State of Virginia, and the respondents were partners, constituting a partnership, owning and running steamboats on the river Potomac. The libellant alleges that on November 23, 1880, it demised…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
On the statement of facts, two questions are presented:
1. Whether the matter alleged is properly within the jurisdiction of the admiralty courts of the United States; and,
*562. Whether the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, as officers of the municipal corporation, have control and supervision of the wharves along the shore of the Potomac river, within the District of Columbia, with right to license and regulate the use thereof; or whether that right and control is vested in the chief of engineers, under Section 1797 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
1. As to the first of these…
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- People's Ferry Company of Boston v. BeersSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
- Ex Parte EastonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Bogart v. the Steamboat John JaySupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Sheppard v. . SteeleNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Brookman v. . HamillNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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