Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law: With Tables of the Cases and Principal Matters, Volume 104T. & J.W. Johnson, 1870 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 37
... claim the sole and exclusive right of ferrying all persons passing from any point of the shore to the opposite shore from Deptford Creek to Charlton , —a dis- tance of three miles . * 39 ] It appeared in evidence on the trial , that ...
... claim the sole and exclusive right of ferrying all persons passing from any point of the shore to the opposite shore from Deptford Creek to Charlton , —a dis- tance of three miles . * 39 ] It appeared in evidence on the trial , that ...
Page 45
... claim of franchise . [ ERLE , C. J. - Suppose a new town built within a short distance of one of the termini of an ancient ferry , to which the inhabitants could not get without committing a trespass , are they precluded from hiring ...
... claim of franchise . [ ERLE , C. J. - Suppose a new town built within a short distance of one of the termini of an ancient ferry , to which the inhabitants could not get without committing a trespass , are they precluded from hiring ...
Page 45
... claim the right of ferryage from every part of the Isle of Dogs to the opposite side of the Thames from Deptford Creek to Charlton . That is obviously too large a claim . The Isle of Dogs was formerly a marsh with one road across it ...
... claim the right of ferryage from every part of the Isle of Dogs to the opposite side of the Thames from Deptford Creek to Charlton . That is obviously too large a claim . The Isle of Dogs was formerly a marsh with one road across it ...
Page 47
... claim was not made , as here , from the whole of the Isle of Dogs , but " to and from a certain place in the Isle of Dogs . " And in Doust v . Matthews , * the plaintiffs consented to abandon their verdict on the general right alleged ...
... claim was not made , as here , from the whole of the Isle of Dogs , but " to and from a certain place in the Isle of Dogs . " And in Doust v . Matthews , * the plaintiffs consented to abandon their verdict on the general right alleged ...
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... claim been set up as a claim to carry all the inhab- itants of a district : the claim has always been limited to the carrying from vill to vill , or across a river or arm of the sea so as to form a * junction with a continuous line of ...
... claim been set up as a claim to carry all the inhab- itants of a district : the claim has always been limited to the carrying from vill to vill , or across a river or arm of the sea so as to form a * junction with a continuous line of ...
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