Union Ferry Co. v. Fairchild

Novel questions are presented by this demurrer to the separate defenses and counterclaims set up in the answer. It appears from the allegations of the complaint that the plaintiff, a corporation, operates a ferry under a public franchise between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The defendant (now represented in the action by the receivers substituted since its. commencement) owns property adjoining that of the plaintiff at the foot of Hamilton avenue, the Brooklyn terminal of the ferry.

For many years prior to 1890 the ferry was operated by another corporation, the Union Ferry Company…