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SEARIGHT v. STOKES ET AL.

44 U.S. 151 (1845)

3 How. 151

WILLIAM SEARIGHT, COMMISSIONER AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CUMBERLAND ROAD, WITHIN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM B. STOKES AND LUCIUS W. STOCKTON, WHO HAVE SURVIVED RICHARD C. STOCKTON, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veech and Walker, for the plaintiff in error.

Coxe and Nelson, attorney-general, for the defendants in error.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case is, whether the state of Pennsylvania can lawfully impose a toll on carriages employed in transporting the mail of the United States over that part of the Cumberland road which passes through the territory of that state?

The dispute has arisen from an act of the legislature of Pennsylvania...

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