New Haven Steamboat Co. v. Sargent & Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Civil action to recover wharfage collected by the defendants, at a wharf which the plaintiffs claimed to own; brought originally before a justice of the peace and, by appeal, to the Court of Common Pleas. The defendants were a joint stock corporation. Facts found by a committee and case reserved for advice. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The defendant collected a small amount of wharfage for the use of a wharf in New Haven. The plaintiff, claiming to be the sole owner of the wharf, brings this suit to recover the amount thus collected. The case is reserved for the advice of this court.
Each party claims title to the locus in quo, not by virtue of any deed embracing it, but by virtue of its ownership of other property in the immediate vicinity. The situation of the property is substantially this:—The northern boundary of New Haven harbor is a line at high water mark, running substantially east and west, and is practically the…
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