POLLOCK v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO.

Nos. 893, 894.

158 U.S. 601 (1895)

POLLOCK v. FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. (Rehearing.) HYDE v. CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY. (Rehearing.)

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Guthrie and Mr. Joseph H. Choate for appellants. Mr. Clarence A. Seward, Mr. Benjamin H. Bristow, Mr. David Willcox, Mr. Victor Morawetz, and Mr. Charles Steele were on their brief.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court.

Whenever this court is required to pass upon the validity of an act of Congress as tested by the fundamental law enacted by the people, the duty imposed demands in its discharge the utmost deliberation and care, and invokes the deepest sense of responsibility. And this is especially so when the question involves the exercise of a great governmental power, and brings...

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