MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The contention of the plaintiff in error is that, under the laws of the State of Virginia in force at the time of such action, the license granted by the county court to him to establish a ferry created a contract between him and the State to the effect that no other ferry should be established within half a mile; and that the act of 1894 and the subsequent proceedings of the county court...
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