Home of the Friendless v. Rouse
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. On the 3d of February, 1853, the legislature of Missouri passed “an act to incorporate the,Home of the Friendless, in the city of St. Louis.”
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Error to the Supreme Court of Missouri. On the 3d of February, 1853, the legislature of Missouri passed “an act to incorporate the,Home of the Friendless, in the city of St. Louis.” The preamble and one section/of ■ the act were thus,: “ Whereas, it is proposed to establish in the city of St. Louis a charitable institution, to be called ‘ The Home of the Friendless/ having for its object, to afford relief to destitute and suffering females, and the affairs of which shall be in the keeping of ladies, who contribute pecuniary aid to the institution; therefore, for the purpose of encouraging…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Davis
•The case is relieved, by the certificate of the Supreme Court of Missouri, of all difficulty on the question of the jurisdiction of this court, and the important question raised by the record is, whether the State of Missouri contracted with the'plaintiff in error not to tax its property. If it did so contract, it is. undisputed that the assumed legislation,' under the authority of which the property in controversy was taxed, impaired the obligation of this contract.
The' object for which the Home of the Friendless was incorporated was to enable those persons of the female sex; who were…
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