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KREIGER v. SHELBY RAILROAD CO.

Nos. 948, 949, 950.

125 U.S. 39 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 752

31 L.Ed. 675

KREIGER, v. SHELBY RAILROAD COMPANY and Others. KREIGER and Others, v. SHELBY RAILROAD COMPANY and Others. KREIGER and Another, v. SHELBY RAILROAD COMPANY and Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.C. Beckham and Mr. P.J. Foree for the motions.

Mr. B.F. Buckner and Mr. John L. Dodd opposing.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is contended for the plaintiffs in error, that the statutes of 1851 and 1869 created a contract by which the stockholders of the Shelby Railroad Company were those persons who had become so by subscribing for stock or by the payment of taxes, and the right to vote upon stock subscribed for by counties or other municipal subdivisions was in taxpayers only; and that the...

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