· 2/24/1908
Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co.
Citations
- 208 U.S. 316
- 28 S. Ct. 414
- 52 L. Ed. 508
- 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1442
Syllabus
<p>The admiralty does not have jurisdiction of a claim for damages caused by • a vessel to a bridge or dock which, although in navigable waters, is so connected with the shore that it immediately concerns commerce upon' land. The Plymouth, 3 Wall. 20, followed, and The BÍackheath, 195 U. S. 361, distinguished.</p>
Judges: Fuller
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