Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court June 25, 1875 (Derby v. Flitner)

Morton, J.

The plaintiffs were engaged in building a sea wall for the Boston Gas Light Company, around and in front of their wharf at Commercial Point. There was evidence tending to show that the Gas Light Company had given to the plaintiffs *133the exclusive right to use the wall to lay their vessels at as a place of safety in case of storms.