Mercer County Court v. Kentucky River Navigation Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cases 54, 55 — PETITIONS FOE MANDAMUS APPEALS PROM MERCER AND GARRARD CIRCUIT COURTS. CITED Constitution of Kentucky, section 36, article 2; section 3, article 13; section 33, article 4; section 14, article 13; section 37, article 2. Bill of Bights, section 14. Act of March 1, 1865, incorporating the Kentucky Biver Navigation Company; act of February 16, 1869, 1 Session Acts, page 33. Littell’s Statutes, 366. Hardin’s Reports, 258. Revised Statutes, article 19, chapter 27. .…
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Cases 54, 55 — PETITIONS FOE MANDAMUS APPEALS PROM MERCER AND GARRARD CIRCUIT COURTS. CITED Constitution of Kentucky, section 36, article 2; section 3, article 13; section 33, article 4; section 14, article 13; section 37, article 2. Bill of Bights, section 14. Act of March 1, 1865, incorporating the Kentucky Biver Navigation Company; act of February 16, 1869, 1 Session Acts, page 33. Littell’s Statutes, 366. Hardin’s Reports, 258. Revised Statutes, article 19, chapter 27. . Civil Code, sections 366, 364. Revised Statutes, see. 5, art. 12, chap. 27,1 Stanton, 322, 328. Revised Statutes,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LINDSAY
delivered the opinion oe the court, Judge Hardin dissenting.
These two appeals were not heard together; but inasmuch as they involve substantially the same questions of fact, and must of necessity be settled by the application to each of the same principles of law, they will for convenience be considered together, and one opinion made to apply to both cases.
The ninth section of an act approved March 1, 1865, entitled “An act to incorporate the Kentucky River Navigation Company,” provides “that the county courts of the several counties bordering on the Kentucky River, or interested…
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