Dyer v. Tuskaloosa Bridge Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
This cause was brought into the Supreme Court, bjr writ of error from the Circuit Court of Tuskaloo' sa, on the final decree of a chancellor, dissolving an injunction. The complainant filed his bill, praying an injunction against the erection of a toll bridge. He claimed, to be the proprietor of a ferry, over the Black V7arrior river, opposite the town of Tuskaloosa; which he held under a license from the County Court.
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This cause was brought into the Supreme Court, bjr writ of error from the Circuit Court of Tuskaloo' sa, on the final decree of a chancellor, dissolving an injunction. The complainant filed his bill, praying an injunction against the erection of a toll bridge. He claimed, to be the proprietor of a ferry, over the Black V7arrior river, opposite the town of Tuskaloosa; which he held under a license from the County Court. The bill charged, that the defendants, by virtue of a charter granted by the Legislature, were proceeding to erect a toll bridge over the same stream, and within a short…
1Opinion of the Court
By Mr. Justice íIítcucocsv :
The complainant in this case, charges, that ho, for *302along time lias been* and now is, the proprietor of a ferry across the Black Warrior river, opposite the town of Tuskaloosa, under a license from the County Court of Tuskaloosa County ; that the defendants under, and by virtue of an act of incorporation granted by the Legislature of this State, are about to erect a toll bridge across1 .the said river within a few yards of his ferry, which if completed will very materially injure, if not entirely destroy the value of his ferry. He further states, that he is the…
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