Newton v. Commissioners
Supreme Court of the United States
Ekrob. to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. The controversy relates to the removal of a county seat in Ohio from one. town to another. The case, briefly stated, is this: On Feb. 16, 1846, the General Assembly of that State passed “ An Act to create the county of Mahoning.”
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Ekrob. to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. The controversy relates to the removal of a county seat in Ohio from one. town to another. The case, briefly stated, is this: On Feb. 16, 1846, the General Assembly of that State passed “ An Act to create the county of Mahoning.” The first section creates the county and defines its boundaries, including among other towns Canfield, and Youngstown, and declares that it “ shall be known by the name of Mahoning, with the county seat at Canfield.” The fifth and eighth sections are as follows : — “ Sect. 5. That the Court of Common Pleas and Supreme…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
It is claimed in behalf of the plaintiffs in error that the act of the 16th of February, 1846, and what was done under it, constituted an executed contract which is binding on the State ; and that the act of April 9, 1874, and the steps taken pursuant to its provisions, impair the obligation of that contract, and bring the case within the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States. Art. 1, sect. 10.
These allegations are the ground of our jurisdiction. They present the only question argued before us, and our remarks will be confined to that subject. .
The case may be properly…
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