GUNTER v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE

No. 88.

200 U.S. 273 (1906)

GUNTER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.F. Stevenson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Theodore G. Barker and Mr. P.A. Willcox with whom Mr. J.T. Barron was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Before analyzing the facts particularly bearing upon the legal questions for decision, in order to a comprehension of those questions we summarize in their chronological order matters which are undisputed concerning the origin and development of this controversy.

The legislature of South Carolina in 1855 exempted the capital stock and property of the Northeastern...

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