PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE


87 U.S. 36 (____)

20 Wall. 36

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.M. Evarts, J. Baker, and J.B. Henderson, for the company, plaintiff in error.

Messrs. Montgomery Blair and F.A. Dick, with whom was Mr. A.H. Buckner, contra, contended:


Mr. Justice HUNT delivered the opinion of the court.

The first question is this: By the acts organizing this company, and by the acts loaning the credit of the State and the proceedings under the same, was an agreement created on the part of the State that the Pacific road should not be taxed until it was built and finished and had declared a dividend, and that for two years after it was finished it should be liable to taxation...

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