MacFarlane v. Davis

About 1926 a public ferry was lawfully established by Orange Co. across the Neches river, near its mouth where it runs into Sabine Lake, known as Dryden's Ferry, and was discontinued about September 1, 1938. In 1938, the Port Arthur-Orange bridge was completed across the Neches river, between Dryden's Ferry and the mouth of the river, and opened to public travel in 1938. Between the date that Dryden's Ferry was established and the completion of the bridge, the State and Orange Co. maintained a public road leading from the City of Orange to the banks of the river on the Orange Co. side at…