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OSHKOSH WATERWORKS CO. v. OSHKOSH

No. 74.

187 U.S. 437 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 234

47 L.Ed. 249

OSHKOSH WATERWORKS COMPANY v. OSHKOSH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Moses Hooper for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John F. Kluwin for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents a question under the clause of the Constitution of the United States which prohibits a State from passing a law impairing the obligation of contracts.

The question arose upon demurrer by the defendant, the city of Oshkosh, to the complaint filed against it on the 16th day of June, 1900, by the Oshkosh Waterworks Company, a municipal corporation of Wisconsin. The principal ground of demurrer...

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