Collins v. Ewing

The appellant, claiming a ferry on the Coosa river, under a license from the commissioners’ court of St. Clair county, obtained an injunction against one set up in opposition, or interference, by the appellee. On the hearing of the cause, the chancellor dismissed his bill, on the ground of invalidity of his license. The court held the order of the commissioners’ court granting the license void, because it failed to show that the complainant was the owner of one or both banks of the Coosa river, or that the prior right of such owner to a license had been divested.

The court of county…