Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Thomas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF .THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows: The Yazoo and Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company was incorporated by an act of the Mississippi legislature, approved February 17,1882, the preamble and sections 2, 8, 13 and 14 being as follows: “Whereas, the construction of railroads to, in, through and along the Mississippi River basin, and the Yazoo and Sunflower River basins, penetrating these and…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF .THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. The case, as stated by the court in its opinion, was as follows: The Yazoo and Mississippi Yalley Railroad Company was incorporated by an act of the Mississippi legislature, approved February 17,1882, the preamble and sections 2, 8, 13 and 14 being as follows: “Whereas, the construction of railroads to, in, through and along the Mississippi River basin, and the Yazoo and Sunflower River basins, penetrating these and other alluvial lands in this State, west of the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, and connecting them by…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
The Supreme Court of Mississippi did not put its decision upon the ground that it was not competent under the. state constitution for the State to contract with the company that the latter should not be subjected to ■ taxation, but upon the ground that the exemption claimed could not be allowed. The taxes in question were assessed under the act of 1888, and if the charter of the company, which became a law on the 17th of February, 1882, inhibited such taxation, then this court has jurisdiction to re-examine the conclusion reached. Although by the terms of the act of 1888 the taxes therein…
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