GILMAN v. PHILADELPHIA


70 U.S. 713 (1865)

3 Wall. 713

GILMAN v. PHILADELPHIA.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

In this court it was elaborately and well discussed by Messrs. George Harding and Courtland Parker, for the appellant Gilman; and by Messrs. F.C. Brewster and D.W. Sellers, contra, for the City of Philadelphia.


Mr. Justice SWAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

There is no contest between the parties about the facts upon which they respectively rely.

The complainants are citizens of other States, and own a valuable and productive wharf and dock property above the site of the contemplated bridge. The river is navigable there for vessels drawing from eighteen to twenty feet of water. Commerce has been carried on in all kinds...

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