Young's Case

Decided April 15, 1824

Nicholas Young petitioned the Court for a license to keep a ferry over the eastern branch of the Potomac, alongside of the eastern branch bridge, and a rule was granted to the Avacostia Bridge Company, and the Navy Yard Bridge Company, and the Eastern Branch Bridge Company to show cause why it should not be granted. cited the Acts of Maryland, November, 1781, c. 22, and April, 1782, c. 31.

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1889

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Decided 1824-04-15

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The Court(Morsell, J., contra,)

¶1decided that they had a discretion, and refused to grant the license, as the object was to compel the bridge companies to take less toll than they are authorized by law to take. The bridge companies are liable to prosecution and forfeiture if they suffer their respective bridges to be out of repair; and if any one may keep a ferry along-side of them they may not be able to keep them in repair, and the companies may be destroyed, to the great injury of the public.

¶2Note. The petitioner, or some other person, afterwards set up a ferry near the bridge, and the Court, by injunction, restrained him from receiving hire or reward for the transportation of persons, &c. across the branch.