Legal Opinion
Carolina & N. W. Ry. Co. v. Town of Lincolnton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 1, 1929No. 2844PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing the bill of complaint in a suit to enjoin the enforcement of certain ordinances of the town of Lineolnton, N. C. The complainant in the court below was the ‘ Carolina & Northwestern Railway Company, a North Carolina corporation. The town of Lineolnton, its mayor and aider-men and its chief of police, were defendants. The ordinances were attacked on three grounds: (1). That they impaired the obligations of a contract between the complainant and the town; (2) that they violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment;…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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