NORTHERN RAILROAD v. THE PEOPLE


79 U.S. 384 (____)

12 Wall. 384

NORTHERN RAILROAD v. THE PEOPLE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.M. Evarts and J. Hubley Ashton, in support of the motion:

Mr. C. Cushing, contra:


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The principles announced in the preceding case of Knox v. Exchange Bank govern the present one.

We are unable to see that the judgment of the State court, declaring the dissolution of the Northern Railroad Company, rested in any manner on the act of the New York legislature of March, 1857. It is true that that company, the plaintiff in error in the case, both in...

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