City of Newport v. Taylor's Ex'rs
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT. The facts of the case are fully set out in the opinion of the court. — Rep. The main questions involved in this case may be stated as follows: 1. The right of Newport to the “esplanade,” or strip of ground between the lots in said town and the river, and the uses and benefits thereof, and herein of the right to wharfage. 2. The l'ight of the city of Newport to the benefit of the profits of the ferry run by Taylor from said strip of ground. 3.…
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APPEAL FROM CAMPBELL CIRCUIT. The facts of the case are fully set out in the opinion of the court. — Rep. The main questions involved in this case may be stated as follows: 1. The right of Newport to the “esplanade,” or strip of ground between the lots in said town and the river, and the uses and benefits thereof, and herein of the right to wharfage. 2. The l'ight of the city of Newport to the benefit of the profits of the ferry run by Taylor from said strip of ground. 3. Are the claims of the appellants barred by former adjudications? 4. The right to navigate the Ohio river between Newport,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
In 1785, a patent was granted by the commonwealth of Virginia, to James Taylor, for 1,500 acres of land, at the junction of the Licking and Ohio rivers, lying on both rivers, and above the mouth of Licking. In-1791 and 1792, Hubbard Taylor, son of the patentee, laid off a portion of said land, at the *768confluence of the rivers, into streets and alleys, as a town, to which he gave the name of Newport; and made a plat or plan thereof, representing it as,situated on the banks of the said rivers, at their junction ; and representing, between the Ohio river and the lots fronting on it, a street, and…
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