Cairo City Ferry Company v. Cocke

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The petition of the Cairo City Perry Company claims title hy conveyance and adverse possession to a certain five acres of land and appurtenant ferry rights on the Ohio river, a short distance above its month, and charges that the defendants, Bettie N. Cocke, R. I. Cocke, and their lessees, were taking possession of the land and committing trespass thereon for the purpose of operating a ferry from it, for which purpose it was peculiarly fitted. An injunction was sought to prevent a continuing trespass and the threatened interference with…