COVINGTON & CINCINNATI ELEVATED RD. & TRANSFER & BRIDGE v. KENTUCKY

No. 1043.

154 U.S. 224 (1894)

COVINGTON AND CINCINNATI ELEVATED RAILROAD AND TRANSFER AND BRIDGE COMPANY v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Jackson, (with whom was Mr. W.H. Wadsworth on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William J. Hendrick, Attorney General of the State of Kentucky, and Mr. William Goebel for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case differs from the last only in the fact that the plaintiff in error was not incorporated until 1886, and subsequently to a general law of the State declaring that all charters and grants of or to corporations shall be subject to amendment or repeal at the will of the legislature. Conceding that these words became a part of its charter, and hence that no contract was impaired by the legislation of 1890...

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