Legal Opinion
Pitts v. Boggs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 30, 1922No. 8 Div. 475PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, O. J.
Section 3029 of the Code of 1907 authorizes the establishment and the license of ferries by the court of county commissioners “only at the crossing of a river at a point where a public road has been established.” Tuscaloosa County v. Foster, 132 Ala. 392, 31 South. 587. This section also provides:
“But no license for a ferry shall be granted until thirty days’ notice of the intended application shall have been given, by notice published in a newspaper and posted at the courthouse door, and at three other public places iu the county, two of which shall be in the immediate…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Guaranty Trust and Safe Deposit Co. v. Green Cove Springs and Melrose RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Commissioners Court v. HollandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Edwards v. Bibb County Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- State ex rel. Driver v. Commissioners of Roads & Revenue of TalladegaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1836
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State Ex Rel. McIntyre v. McEachernSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Alabama Water Co. v. City of AttallaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- Stout v. Limestone CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1924