St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. This was a writ of error to review the action of the Supreme Court of Arkansas in refusing to restrain officers of that State from levying a tax on property of the plaintiff in error. The grounds on which exemption froto taxation was claimed,, and on which a Federal question was raised, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
delivered the opinion of the court, The legislature of Arkansas passed an act, January 12, 1853, to incorporate the Cairo and Fulton Railroad Company, with power to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad from a point on the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of the OMo, in the State of Missouri, by way of Little Rock, to the Texas boundary line, near Fulton, in Arkansas, with one or more branches to the western boundary line of that State, with the view of entering the northeastern and the northwestern portions of Texas, and there connecting with projected railroads in that State, from…
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