APPLEBY v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 15.

271 U.S. 364 (1926)

APPLEBY ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles E. Hughes, with whom Mr. Banton Moore was on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. William C. Cannon for Weehawken Stock Yard Company, submitted.

Mr. Charles J. Nehrbas, with whom Mr. George P. Nicholson was on the briefs, for City of New York.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiffs in their writ of error charge that the judgment of the Supreme Court of New York, as affirmed by the Court of Appeals, has interpreted and enforced the Acts of 1857 and 1871 in such a way as to impair the obligation of the contract in their deeds.

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