Griffing v. Gibb
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the decree of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Frederick Griffing filed his bill in the District Court against Daniel Gibb and Donald Fraser, averring that he was the owner of two ^lots in San Francisco which originally fronted on the natural shore of the baj with bold deep water in front; that he bought this property with a view to its water front; that he built ware houses and a wharf on it to which ships of the…
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Appeal from the decree of the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. Frederick Griffing filed his bill in the District Court against Daniel Gibb and Donald Fraser, averring that he was the owner of two ^lots in San Francisco which originally fronted on the natural shore of the baj with bold deep water in front; that he bought this property with a view to its water front; that he built ware houses and a wharf on it to which ships of the largest size could come; that when he commenced his improvements there was no sign of any streets near him which…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
The complainant seeks to obtain a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants from piling and improving a lot of land claimed by them, which is said in the bill to be within the inside of the water front line of the city óf San Francisco, and always covered by the tidewaters of the bay. ■ He states that he is the owner in fee simple, and is in possession of two parcels of land ; the first beginning at a point where the east line of Sanson street intersects the south line of…
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