Haskell v. City of New Bedford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The first of these cases was an action of tort, brought May 7,1870, and tried in the superior court before Wilkinson, J. The second case was a bill in equity, filed August 2,1870, and heard upon bill, answer, replication and proofs, before Ames, J. Both cases were reported for the determination of the full court, and are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
The plaintiff, being the owner in fee of a parcel of . land and wharf in New Bedford, bounded on tide water in the Acushnet River, and of the dock and flats adjoining, under a deed made to him in 1869 by the devisees of John A. Parker, (who died in 1853, and whose title extended, by virtue of the general ordinance of 1647 and of the special act of 1806, c. 18,* to the channel of the river,) has brought two suits against the city of New Bedford, the one an action of tort, and the other a bill in equity.
*210The first c%use of action alleged in the suit at law is for entering on the plaintiff’s…
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