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CENTRAL RAILROAD, ETC., CO. v. GEORGIA

92 U.S. 665 (____)

CENTRAL RAILROAD AND BANKING COMPANY v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Jeremiah S. Black, Mr. David Dudley Field, and Mr. A.R. Lawton, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. N.J. Hammond, Attorney-General of the State of Georgia, and Mr. Robert Toombs, for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

By an act of the legislature of Georgia, enacted in 1833, a charter, unlimited in duration, was granted to "The Central Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia," with power to make, construct, and maintain a canal or railroad from the city of Savannah to the city of Macon. The seventh section was as follows:—

"The said canal or railway, and the appurtenances of the same, shall not be subjected to...

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