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CENTRAL RAILROAD &C. CO. v. WRIGHT

No. 300

164 U.S. 327 (1896)

CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY v. WRIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.R. Lawton for appellants. Mr. Henry C. Cunningham and Mr. Samuel B. Adams were on his brief.

Mr. J.M. Terrell for appellee.

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

This case raises the question, frequently presented to this court, of the power of a State to impose upon a corporation a tax not provided for or contemplated, nor yet expressly forbidden, in its original charter.

The defendant corporation was chartered in 1833, Laws of Georgia of 1833, 246, under the name of the Central Railroad...

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