KEOKUK & WESTERN RAILROAD v. MISSOURI

No. 182.

152 U.S. 301 (1894)

KEOKUK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.T. Hughes and Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom was Mr. Thomas De Witt Cuyler on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John C. Moore and Mr. F.L. Schofield for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court

The question in this case is whether the defendant, the Keokuk and Western Railroad Company, was entitled to the exemption of its property from taxation contained in the original charter to the Alexandria and Bloomfield Railroad Company, of which road it is the successor in interest.

(1) It will be observed that the constitutional provision upon which the State relies for the enforcement...

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