Pittsburgh v. Edwin Bell & Sons Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

In its bill in equity in this case, the City of Pittsburgh alleges defendant wrongfully took possession of and erected buildings on a tract of land located along the Monongahela River (an interstate navigable highway), between 16th and 17th streets, in what was formerly part of the Borough of Birmingham, which in 1872 was consolidated with the city; it prayed a mandatory injunction to compel a removal of the' buildings, and a perpetual injunction forbidding defendant to thereafter use the property. An answer was filed denying t'he city’s right, but not…