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STONE v. MISSISSIPPI

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101 U.S. 814 (1880)

25 L.Ed. 1079

STONE, v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 10, 1880.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Philip Phillips for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. A.M. Clayton and Mr. Van H. Manning for the defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

It is now too late to contend that any contract which a State actually enters into when granting a charter to a private corporation is not within the protection of the clause in the Constitution of the United States that prohibits States from passing laws impairing the obligation of contracts. Art. 1, sect. 10. The doctrines of Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (4 Wheat. 518), announced...

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