Hamill v. Hawks

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, citizens and residents of Illinois, brought this suit to obtain protection by writ of injunction of their claimed ownership of a bridge across the South Canadian River at Purcell, Oklahoma, and their alleged right to charge and collect tolls from the public for its use. The river is the dividing line between McClain and Cleveland counties. The bridge was constructed as a toll bridge under franchises from those counties and was operated as a toll bridge. The ’issue raised by motions to dismiss is one of law, — whether the franchises had expired when the order…