Cooper v. Mayor of Athens
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Roads and bridges. Ferry. County matters. Before Judge Rice. Clarke Superior Court. February Term, 1874. This case is clearly stated in the above head-notes.
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. The authority given by charter to the mayor and council of Athens to keep the streets and public roads in good order and repair, did not confer upon them the power to establish and carry on a ferry across the Oconee river which runs through the town. A ferry does not come within the terms, streets and public roads. The grant of a right to build a bridge conveys no ferry franchise, nor does the right to a ferry carry with it the power to erect a bridge: 9 Georgia, 517; 14 Georgia, 1; Code, sec. 703. Much less would the grant to a municipal corporation, of power to keep in…
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