City of Oakland v. Oakland Water Front Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEALS from a judgment of tbe Superior Court of Ala-meda County and from an order denying a new trial. F. B. Ogden, Judge. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. ' Tbe city of Oakland is estopped from bringing this action by its conduct and acquiescence. Municipalities and states may be thus estopped. (State, etc. v. Flint etc. Ry. Co., 89 Mich. 481, 487; State etc. v. Jachson etc. R. R. Co., 69 Fed. Rep. 116; Cohn v. Barnes, 5 Fed.
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APPEALS from a judgment of tbe Superior Court of Ala-meda County and from an order denying a new trial. F. B. Ogden, Judge. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. ' Tbe city of Oakland is estopped from bringing this action by its conduct and acquiescence. Municipalities and states may be thus estopped. (State, etc. v. Flint etc. Ry. Co., 89 Mich. 481, 487; State etc. v. Jachson etc. R. R. Co., 69 Fed. Rep. 116; Cohn v. Barnes, 5 Fed. Rep. 326; Hough v. Buchanan, 27 Fed. Rep. 328; Pengra v. Munz, 29 Fed. Rep. 830; Indiana v. Milk, 11 Fed. Rep. 389; United States v. Dalles etc. Road…
1Opinion of the Court
WATERFRONT OF OAKLAND — CONSTRUCTION OP STATE GRANT — "SHIP CHANNEL" — "SOUTHERLY LINE OF ESTUARY" — LINE OF LOW TIDE — BOUNDARY OF TOWN. — The grant by the state to the town of Oakland of all lands upon its waterfront, lying within the corporate limits, as fixed by the act of May 4, 1852, "between high tide and ship channel," is to be construed most favorably to the state, and the boundary of the town by "the southerly line, at the San Antonio creek, or estuary," is to be construed as being the southerly line of low tide of that estuary, and the boundary by "ship channel" is to be construed…
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