BLAKE v. McCLUNG

No. 6.

172 U.S. 239 (1898)

BLAKE v. McCLUNG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Heber J. May and Mr. Tully R. Cornick for plaintiff's in error.

Mr. John W. Green for defendants in error.

Mr. Henry H. Ingersoll for Clarke & Reid.

Mr. Charles Seymour for the London Trust Company.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings up for review a final judgment of the Supreme Court of Tennessee sustaining the validity of certain provisions of a statute of that State passed March 19, 1877, c. 31.

The chief object of the statute was declared to be to secure the development of the mineral resources of the State and to facilitate the introduction of foreign capital. § 7.

It provides, among other...

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