Irvine Toll Bridge Co. v. Estill County

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing on the original appeal and affirming on the cross-appeal.

A very material question in these consolidated cases and upon the solution of which depends the relevancy of many others raised and discussed, is: Whether a county in this Commonwealth, through its fiscal court, has the authority to create and sell a franchise to construct, maintain and operate a toll bridge across a navigable stream in the county? If that question is answered in the affirmative it will relieve the case, as above stated, of many other questions presented and argued. The…