Gilmartin Vs. The City of Philadelphia

Download or read book Gilmartin Vs. The City of Philadelphia written by Philadelphia District Court and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gilmartin Vs. The City of Philadelphia: Tried in the District Court for the City and County of Philadelphia, Before the Honorable M. Russell Thayer, October 19, 1871 Thus, gentlemen, you will perceive that there are in this case questions of fact and questions of law. A proper discharge of your duty requires that you should find the facts according to the weight of the evidence, and that you should accept from the Court the law which defines the rights of the parties. The Schuylkill River is one of the navigable rivers of the State of Pennsylvania. Above the lower falls it was originally navigable only by boats of very light draft. For the purpose of improving the navigation and increasing its capacity the Legislature, by an Act approved March 8, 1815, incorporated the company known as The President, Managers and Company of the Schuylkill Navigation Company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.