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GARRISON v. CITY OF NEW YORK

88 U.S. 196 (____)

21 Wall. 196

GARRISON v. THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George Ticknor Curtis and J.C. Shaw, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. A.J. Vanderpool and E. Delafield Smith, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice FIELD, after stating the facts of the case, delivered the opinion of the court, as follows:

To reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court, the plaintiff contends that the act of the legislature of New York, of February 27th, 1871, was repugnant to the Constitution of the United States in that it impaired the obligation of a contract, and to the constitution of the State in that it undertook to divest a vested right...

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