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LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R'D v. KENTUCKY

No. 722.

161 U.S. 677 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 714

40 L.Ed. 849

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 30, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Helm Bruce, Mr. Edward Baxter, and Mr. James P. Helm for plaintiff in error.

Mr. George M. Davie and Mr. Alexander P. Humphrey for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case turns to a certain extent upon the principles just announced in Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Company, ante, 646, although it differs from that case in the fact that the charter of the L. & N. Co. contains no reserved power to alter or amend, as well as in several other minor particulars.

1. The original charter of the L. & N. Co., granted in...

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