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THE DELAWARE RAILROAD TAX

85 U.S. 206 (1873)

18 Wall. 206

THE DELAWARE RAILROAD TAX. MINOT v. THE PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.E. Gowen, G.C. Gordon, and J.P. Comegys, for the appellant:

Messrs. T.F. Bayard and E. Saulsbury, for the State officers of Delaware, contra.

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

It is contended by the appellant that the act of Delaware of April 8th, 1869, so far as it imposes taxes upon the corporation defendant, violates the contract between the State and the corporation contained in the charter of the latter. His position is that the provision, in the act of Delaware of 1835, by which the Wilmington...

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