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WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. STATE EX REL. COLEMAN

No. 4.

216 U.S. 1 (1910)

30 S.Ct. 190

54 L.Ed. 355

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. THE STATE OF KANSAS EX REL. COLEMAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1910.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Henry D. Estabrook, with whom Mr. John F. Dillon, Mr. George H. Fearons and Mr. Charles Blood Smith were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.C. Coleman, with whom Mr. Fred S. Jackson, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, was on the brief for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The above extended statement would seem to be justified by the importance of this case.

The contentions of the company, to which particular attention will be directed, are, in substance, that the requirement that it pay, for the benefit of the permanent school fund of the State, a given per cent of its authorized capital,<...

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