Vallejo Ferry Co. v. Lang & McPherson
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. W. H. Morrissey, Keogh & Olds, and P. B. Lynch, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Plaintiff was operating a ferry between the city of Vallejo and Mare Island by authority of a franchise granted to it by the city of Vallejo. Defendants began to operate an opposition ferry without any permit or franchise from any person whatsoever, and in violation of the terms of the franchise granted by the city of Vallejo to the plaintiff. Thereupon the plaintiff sued and obtained an injunction against defendants, and from this judgment defendants appeal.
Their varying contentions upon appeal all revolve about the central proposition, that the city of Vallejo had no power to grant a…
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