Philadelphia & R. R. v. Mayor of New York

Citations

• 38 F. 159
• 1889 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50

Syllabus

<p>Wharves — Municipal Corporations — Department of Docks.</p> <p>The New York municipality is liable for damage caused to a vessel-owner by the failure of the department of docks as its agent to keep in proper repair one of the city's wharves, on Blackwell’s island, though its use is deyoted solely to the department of charities and corrections.</p>