Pacific Coast Steamship Co. v. Kimball
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Monterey County, and from an order denying a new trial. N. A. Dorn, Judge. The defendants were the owners of the steamer “Protection,” and claimed the right to land passengers and freight at the wharf leased to the plaintiff upon tender of the maximum dockage fixed in the lease. Further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This action was brought to obtain an injunction restraining defendants from landing passengers and freight at plaintiff’s wharf at Monterey.
In 1868 the legislature granted to the city of Monterey all the water front included within the corporate limits for the use and benefit of the city, with the condition that it should not be subject to execution, but might be leased for a period not to exceed ten years by the city trustees, “in such manner and upon such terms as may by them be deemed most advantageous.”
Monterey contains about two thousand inhabitants, and has railroad connections as…
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