Blake v. McClung
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
This writ of error brings up for review a final judgment of the Supreme Court of Tennessee sustaining the validity of certain provisions of a statute of that State passed March 19, 1877, c. 81.
The chief object of the statute was declared to be to secure the development of the mineral resources of the State and to facilitate the introduction of foreign capital. § 7.
It provides, among other things, that “corporations chartered or organized under the laws of other States or countries, for the purpose of mining ores or coals, or of quarrying stones or minerals, of transporting the same, or…
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