Black v. American International Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 199, Jan. T., 1919, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1917, No. 3445, for plaintiff on case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Charles N. Black and Francis H. Bohlen v. American International Corporation. Assumpsit for purchase money of real estate. Before Martin, P. J., without a jury. The court entered judgment for plaintiffs for $27,500. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in entering judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
Plaintiffs sued to recover from defendant the sum of $27,500, being the purchase price of 54 91-100 acres of *262land, now forming part of Hog Island, in the Delaware river. By agreement of the parties, a jury trial was waived, the case was tried by the court, exceptions to the findings of fact and law were dismissed, judgment entered for plaintiffs, and this appeal taken.
The Delaware river is a public navigable river: McKeen v. Delaware Division Canal Co., 49 Pa. 424; Rundle v. Delaware & Raritan Canal Co., 14 How. 80; specifically declared by the Acts of March 9,…
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