McNeely v. Town of v. Dalia

In 1902 the town of Vidalia granted to plaintiff a franchise for a ferry across the Mississippi river, to run for 20 years from March, 1906. The rates were fixed on most articles, but not on automobiles which had not then come into general use. It was provided, however, that rates not fixed in the grant should be fixed by agreement, otherwise by arbitration. Some ten years ago the plaintiff fixed rates on automobiles, satisfactorily to himself and acquiesced in (?) by the public (since there was nothing else for the public to do). In February, 1923, the town council attempted to fix…