City of Allegheny v. Campbell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 142. Case, by William Campbell and George A. Campbell, trading as William Campbell & Son, against the city of Allegheny to recover damages for the loss of several flats and a float, carried away by high water, from a wharf, used by the plaintiffs under a license from the city, owing, as alleged, to the negligence of the defendants in permitting certain posts to be taken…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term, 1884, No. 142. Case, by William Campbell and George A. Campbell, trading as William Campbell & Son, against the city of Allegheny to recover damages for the loss of several flats and a float, carried away by high water, from a wharf, used by the plaintiffs under a license from the city, owing, as alleged, to the negligence of the defendants in permitting certain posts to be taken out of the wharf, and débris to be piled thereon, and in neglecting to remedy the defects in the wharf claimed to be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Paxson
The first four assignments of error may be considered together. They involve the proposition that if the wharf from which the property of the plaintiffs below was lost was under the exclusive control and regulation of the defendant city authorities; that said defendant city derived a revenue from its use ; that plaintiffs had paid wharfage for its use to said defendant city; that the defendant city authorities were guilty of negligence in allowing dirt, rubbish, stone and débris to remain on said wharf, after notice, and if in consequence of such neglect the plaintiffs suffered loss, the…
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