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HENDERSON BRIDGE CO. v. HENDERSON CITY

No. 32.

173 U.S. 592 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 553

43 L.Ed. 823

HENDERSON BRIDGE COMPANY, v. HENDERSON CITY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Malcolm Yeaman and Mr. William Lindsay for plaintiffs in error. Mr. H.W. Bruce and Mr. John W. Lockett were on their brief.

Mr. James W. Clay for defendant in error. Mr. J.F. Clay was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case arises out of the taxation by the city of Henderson, a municipal corporation of Kentucky, of a railroad bridge (with its approaches, piers, etc.,) extending from a point within that city on the Kentucky shore across the Ohio River to low-water mark on the Indiana shore.

The property subjected to taxation belongs to the Henderson Bridge Company, a corporation of Kentucky, but is under the care...

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