Trustees of Dover v. Fox

Judge Bkeck

'delivered llie opinion of the Court.

In 1846, the County Court of Mason, upon the ¡application of W. PI. Parker and four others, as trustees ■of the'town-of Dover, in said county, granted 'to them a license to keep a ferry from the landing on the Ohio river, infront-of said town, to the opposite shore of the river.

Arthur Fox, being a party to the proceeding, resisted the application, upon the ground that he was the owner of the legal title to the landing at which the ferry was sought to be 'established, and from the order granting the-license, appealed to the Circuit Court. That…