Walker v. Trustees of Columbus

Elizabeth Walker as devisee of Robert Walker, deceased, brought this action in case, against the Trustees of the town of Columbus, for injuriously and wrongfully obstructing her in her ferry privileges, and keeping her out of the tolls of the same, from the town of Columbus across the Mississippi river. The Trustees pleaded their right to the franchise and the tol.ls, and set forth in their plea, the facts upon which they base their right. This plea was demurred to by the plaintiff, and her demurrer overruled, and refusing to reply further, judgment was rendered against her, and she has…