Wiggins Ferry Co. v. City of East St. Louis
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the City Court of East St. Louis; the Hon. Charles T. Ware, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
The General Assembly, on the 11th day of February, 1853, adopted an act incorporating the Wiggins Ferry Company, at East St. Louis. The charter conferred various, powers, and declared the corporation perpetual. The act authorized the company to exercise all of the powers previously conferred on Samuel Wiggins, with others. A number of persons were named as incorporators, the charter was adopted, and the grant accepted, and the company organized and has ever since exercised its franchises by maintaining and operating ferry boats, as authorized by the charter.
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