Legal Opinion
Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Butler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1939No. 11325PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, District Judge.
The White & Black Rivers Bridge Company (the receiver of that company is the appellee) owns a franchise to operate a toll bridge in Arkansas over White River and another franchise to operate a toll bridge in Arkansas over Black River. The franchises were granted to the company’s predecessors in title by the county courts of the two counties in which the bridges are located. The Arkansas State Highway Commission has purchased a ferry and ferry rights and has operated that ferry and proposes to continue to operate it as a free ferry over Black River, at a point called…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren BridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1837
- Terrace v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Henderson v. RussellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979
- Board of Trustees of Arkansas a & M College, a Body Corporate, and Dr. Homer Babin, President of Arkansas a & M College v. H. Brent DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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- Consolidated Television Cable Service, Incorporated v. City of Frankfort, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1972
- Henderson v. RussellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1979