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RAILROAD CO. v. GEORGIA

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98 U.S. 359 (1879)

25 L.Ed. 185

RAILROAD COMPANY, v. GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 27, 1879.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Robert Falligant and Mr. W.S. Chisholm for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Robert N. Ely, Attorney-General of Georgia, and Mr. Robert Toombs, for the defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The single question presented in this case is whether the act of the legislature of Georgia, approved Feb. 28, 1874, whereby it was enacted that the property of all railroad companies in the State should be taxed as other property of the people of the State, impairs the obligations of the contract contained in the charter of the plaintiff in error. The question compels consideration of the inquiry, what was the...

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