Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. v. Paschall
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Bill to enjoin the erection of a wharf.—The facts and questions presented are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
In 1855 the Legislature of the State of Delaware passed an Act to regulate the building of wharves in the City of Wilmington.
Five commissioners were appointed by the Act “ to view the River Christiana, where the same fronts the City of Wilmington, and thereupon to adjust and determine a certain limit on each side of the River Christiana to which wharves may be hereafter extended out into the said river; such limits to he ascertained by certain fixed distances, to be computed and measured from such landmarks as the said commissioners may for that purpose adopt.”
The said limits…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The BlackwallSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- People ex rel. Teschemacher v. DavidsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
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