Philadelphia v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

The easternmost side of Delaware Avenue, between Vine and South streets, is owned by the City of Philadelphia and is coterminus with low-water mark of the Delaware River. The legislature prohibited the appurtenant easements existing in the bed of the river from being attached to the land in the bed of the stream. The city, however, by deed from a former owner of the shoreline to low-water mark, became the owner of 130 feet of riparian rights on the west bank of the Delaware River between Race and Summer streets, and, under revocable license from the Commonwealth,…