Marshall v. Grimes
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery Court of Warren county. Hon. Jacob S. Merger, chancellor. Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat.; Fawning v. Gregoine, 16 How. 534; Steamboat Oo.- v. Livingston, 3 Cowan, 734; Oonway v. Taylor, 1 Black. Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat.; Passenger cases, 17 Curtis, 122; 22 Howard, 227.
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, C. J.,
delivered -the opinion of the court.
■This was a bill filed by the appellant in the Chancery Court of Warren county, alleging that, by an act of the legislature *28of this State, passed November 29, 1865, the exclusive right of running a ferry-boat across the Mississippi river, within certain limits therein prescribed, was granted to him ; that he had, at great expense, purchased a large steam ferry-boat, and brought it to the ferry landing at Yicksburg, and was fully prepared to comply with all the terms and stipulations of said act of the legislature ; that William Grimes and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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