City of San Francisco v. Cal. Steam Navigation Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, County of San Francisco. This was an action to recover of defendants a sum of money for harbor-dues in the city and county of San Francisco, imposed upon its vessels plying between San Francisco and Sacramento, and San Francisco and Stockton. Defendants demurred to the complaint, and the demurrer was overruled, and judgment entered for plaintiffs. Defendants appealed.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, County of San Francisco. This was an action to recover of defendants a sum of money for harbor-dues in the city and county of San Francisco, imposed upon its vessels plying between San Francisco and Sacramento, and San Francisco and Stockton. Defendants demurred to the complaint, and the demurrer was overruled, and judgment entered for plaintiffs. Defendants appealed. The acts relied on by respondent impose these dues on all vessels plying coastwise and entering the harbor of San Francisco; and the only question raised on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, J., after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the Court
2ConcurrenceField, J.
The acts relied on by respondent impose these dues on all vessels plying coastwise and entering the harbor of San Francisco; and the only question raised on the record is, whether the defendants’ vessels are embraced by this definition.
The terms “plying coastwise,” in this connection, and the “ coasting-trade,” have a settled meaning. They were intended to indicate vessels engaged in the domestic trade, or plying between port and port in the United States, as contradistinguished from those vessels engaged in the foreign…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Walker v. BlackwellNew York Supreme Court · 1828
4Cited by2 opinions
- In re Canadian Pac. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1921
- Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Co. v. State Tax CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1929