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MILLER v. THE STATE

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82 U.S. 478 (1873)

15 Wall. 478

21 L.Ed. 98

MILLER, v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 6, 1873.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Theodore Bacon and H.R. Selden, for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.C. Cochrane, contra.

Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

Corporate franchises, granted to private corporations, if duly accepted by the corporators, partake of the nature of legal estates, and the grant, under such circumstances, if it be absolute in its terms, and without any condition or reservation, importing a different intent, becomes a contract within the protection of that clause of the Constitution which ordains that no State shall pass any law impairing the...

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