Rowan's Ex'rs v. Town of Portland

General William Lytle being the proprietor of a tract of land on the Ohio river below and adjoining the present city of Louisville, obtained in 1812, the grant of a ferry from a part of said tract; and in the same year caused a town to be laid off on the adjacent land, of which, under the. name of Portland, a map or plan was made under his authority, representing said town, with its streets, alleys, lots, and squares, situated on the bank of the river, and apparently extending to the water. On this plat or plan, water street is represent*233ed as of the width of 100 feet, running up and down the…