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DES MOINES v. DES MOINES CITY RAILWAY CO.

No. 171.

214 U.S. 179 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 553

53 L.Ed. 958

CITY OF DES MOINES v. DES MOINES CITY RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Baily, Mr. Howard J. Clark and Mr. William H. Bremner, with whom Mr. R.O. Brennan was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Nathaniel T. Guernsey, with whom Mr. William L. Read, Mr. George H. Carr, Mr. Alonzo C. Parker and Mr. William E. Miller were on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill brought in the Circuit Court by an Iowa corporation against a city of Iowa. The ground of jurisdiction is that a resolution of the City Council of that city is a law impairing the obligation of contracts within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and if carried out will take the property of the corporation without due process of law, contrary...

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