Carter & Arnold v. Kalfus & Watts

The County Court of Jefferson having granted to Kalfus and Waits, a ferry, from a lot of ground in the town of Portland, on the Ohio river, to a point- on the Indiana shore, in the town of Ne.w-Albany — Carter and Arnold, claiming the benefit of a ferry previously established, and in successful and regular operation, near the same. point in Portland, to the opposite shore, ánd who therefore opposed the grant to Kalfus and Watts, have brought the case to this Court by appeal.

A ferry is a fran.chise incident to the land; the establishment of a ferry across the Ohio, is expensive, &. the grant…