Flanagan v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In tbe Supreme Court. In Equity. This Avas a bill in equity, filed by Stephen Flanagan and James ,M. Flanagan, against The city of Philadelphia and George Clark, Richard McGran, and Dennis Kennedy. The complainants’ bill averred, That they are citizens of the state of Pennsylvania, and owners in whole or in part of five steamboats, viz. : the “ Hero,” “Champion,” “Alida,” “Alert,” and the “Joseph L. Boss.”
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In tbe Supreme Court. In Equity. This Avas a bill in equity, filed by Stephen Flanagan and James ,M. Flanagan, against The city of Philadelphia and George Clark, Richard McGran, and Dennis Kennedy. The complainants’ bill averred, That they are citizens of the state of Pennsylvania, and owners in whole or in part of five steamboats, viz. : the “ Hero,” “Champion,” “Alida,” “Alert,” and the “Joseph L. Boss.” That the said steamboats are, and for a long time have been, employed as tow-boats in navigating the river Schuylkill, and that the course of their business has been to receive canal-boats,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, April 21st 1862, by
Woodward, J.
The plaintiffs are engaged in the business of towing boats and barges on the river Schuylkill, below Fairmount dam. Their business is important--in"pbiht of magnitude, for it is in the proofs that nine thousand boats pass down the river each year, having a tonnage of over a million tons, all which boats return empty, making the total number of boats, laden and light, eighteen thousand. The plaintiffs complain that their right of navigation is likely to be materially injured by the erection of the Chestnut Street Bridge…
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