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NATIONAL COTTON OIL CO. v. TEXAS

No. 37.

197 U.S. 115 (1905)

25 S.Ct. 379

49 L.Ed. 689

NATIONAL COTTON OIL COMPANY v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William V. Rowe and Mr. R.S. Lovett, with whom Mr. Ralph Oakley and Mr. James A. Baker were on the brief, for plaintiff in error in this case and in No. 38 argued simultaneously herewith.1

Mr. C.K. Bell, Attorney General for the State of Texas, for defendant in error in this case and in No. 38.

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

The charges made against the statutes of Texas are that they deny the oil company the equal protection of the law and take its property without due process of law. The answer to the first depends upon the effect of the statutes. The answer to the second involves their validity and broader considerations. We will deal with it first.<...

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