ST. LOUIS v. MYERS


113 U.S. 566 (1885)

ST. LOUIS v. MYERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Nathaniel Myers for the motion.

Mr. Leverett Bell opposing.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The question on which this case turned below was whether Myers, the lessee of property situated on the bank of the Mississippi River within the city of St. Louis, which had been improved with a view to its use, and was used in connection with the navigation of the river, could maintain an action against the city for extending one of its streets into the river so...

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