Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. These cases were decided on the 8fch of April, 1895, 157 U. S. 429. Thereupon the appellants filed a petition for a rehearing as follows, entitled in the two cases: To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United' States: Charles Pollock and Lewis H. Hyde, the appellants in these causes, respectfully present their petition for rehearing, and submit the following reasons…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. These cases were decided on the 8fch of April, 1895, 157 U. S. 429. Thereupon the appellants filed a petition for a rehearing as follows, entitled in the two cases: To the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United' States: Charles Pollock and Lewis H. Hyde, the appellants in these causes, respectfully present their petition for rehearing, and submit the following reasons why their prayer should be granted: - I. The question involved in these cases was as to the constitutionality of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fueler
Whenever this court is required to pass upon .the validity of an act of Congress as tested by the fundamental law enacted by the people, the duty imposed demands in its discharge the utmost deliberation and care, and invokes the deepest sense of responsibility. And this is especially so when the question involves the exercise of-a great governmental power, and brings into consideration, as vitally affected by the decision, that complex system of government, so sagaciously framed to secure and perpetuate “ an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.”
We have, therefore, with an…
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