MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This case presents a question under the clause of the Constitution of the United States relating to the impairment by state legislation of the obligation of contracts.
The appellant, who was the plaintiff below, claims that his testator, Albert Stein, deceased, acquired by valid contract, and to the exclusion of all other persons or corporations, the right and privilege, by a system of public works, of...
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