Shirley v. Bishop

Citations

• 67 Cal. 543
• 8 P. 82
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 694

Syllabus

<p>Navigable Stbeah—Public Highway—Wateb Ebont op Benicia—Right op Owneb to Pbeb Access.—The navigable waters of the Straits of Carquinez, adjoining the permanent water front of the city of Benicia, as established by the Act of March 21, 1868, are a public highway; and an owner of land, the boundary of which forms a part of the water front, has a vested right of free access to such highway, of which he cannot be deprived without compensation.</p> <p>Id.—Whabe—Nuisance—Injunction.—The erection of a wharf materially obstructing such access will be enjoined as a nuisance.</p>