Knott Bros. v. Jefferson Street Ferry Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Multnomah. This was a writ of review, issued from the circuit court for Multnomah county, upon the petition of the appellants, for the purpose of examining the record of the county court of that county in a proceeding for granting a ferry license, on the application of the respondent. The line of the proposed ferry was across the "Willamette river, between the foot of Jefferson street, in Portland, and the foot of IT street, in East Portland.
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Appeal from Multnomah. This was a writ of review, issued from the circuit court for Multnomah county, upon the petition of the appellants, for the purpose of examining the record of the county court of that county in a proceeding for granting a ferry license, on the application of the respondent. The line of the proposed ferry was across the "Willamette river, between the foot of Jefferson street, in Portland, and the foot of IT street, in East Portland. "Upon the return of the writ, with certified transcript annexed, the cause was heard in the circuit court, and the decision of the county…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Watson, J.:
The most important question to be determined here, arises upon the construction of the deeds from Stephens and wile to Joseph Knott, of March 25, 1861, and January 22. 1862. What interests did they convey? The arguments of appellants’ counsel are predicated on the assumption that they conveyed all the rights which the grantors had, as riparian owners, to the use of their land for ferry landing purposes. In this, we think, they are clearly wrong. There is but one ferry mentioned in these deeds. The perpetual and exclusive right to the use of the river front for ferry…
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