Wilson v. Gaines
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to tbe Supreme Court of tbe State of Tennessee, Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Waite
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbis was a bill in equity filed in tbe Chancery Court of Nashville, Tenn., to enjoin tbe collection of taxes upon that part of the railroad of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railway Company which was originally owned by tbe Edgefield and Kentucky Railroad Company. The facts are these: —
On tbe 11th of December, 1845, tbe General Assembly of Tennessee chartered the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company for the purpose of building a railroad from Nashville to Chattanooga. The thirty-eighth section of that charter is as follows: —
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