RAILROAD COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA


82 U.S. 300 (1872)

15 Wall. 300

RAILROAD COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.E. Gowen and J.W. Simonton, for the plaintiff in error:

Messrs. F. Carroll Brewster and J.W.M. Newlin, contra:


Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the court as follows:

The question presented in this case for our determination is whether the eleventh section of the act of Pennsylvania of May, 1868, so far as it applies to the interest on bonds of the railroad company, made and payable out of the State, issued to and held by non-residents of the State, citizens of other States, is a valid...

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