Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. The City
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1867PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
72 U.S. 566
18 L.Ed. 511
5 Wall. 566
GOODRICH
v.
THE CITY.
December Term, 1866
GOODRICH filed a libel in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in a cause of damage, civil and maritime, against the City of Chicago, in personam.
The libel alleged that he was the owner of the steamer Huron; and that, on the 27th of March, 1857, while leaving the port of Chicago, the vessel ran against a sunken wreck in the Chicago River and was sunk; that, prior to this damage done, the city had been vested with exclusive jurisdiction over the river as a common public navigable river and highway by…
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