Philadelphia v. Pennsylvania Sugar Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hughes,

The Pennsylvania Sugar Company maintains a wharf extending into the Delaware River from a point adjacent to and on the South side of Shackamaxon Street in the City of Philadelphia. On the North side of Shackamaxon Street is the wharf of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which wharf constitutes the North wall of the slip or dock at the Delaware River end of Shackamaxon Street. This slip or dock is in no manner artifically constructed, but the waters therein rise and fall with the tide in the river basin. The Pennsylvania Sugar Company caused barges and boats of…