WILSON v. ISEMINGER

No. 193.

185 U.S. 55 (1902)

WILSON v. ISEMINGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Henderson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Ira Jewell Williams for defendant in error. Mr. Alexander Simpson, Jr., was on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question for determination in this case is whether the seventh section of the act of assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of April 27, 1855, the terms of which appear in the foregoing statement, is an act or law impairing the obligation of contracts within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States.

The peculiar character, under the laws of the State...

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