Tennessee v. Whitworth
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This, like tbe case between tbe same parties just decided, ante 129, was a suit in mandamus brought-by tbe State of Tennessee to require tbe trustee and tax collector of Davidson County to assess for taxation tbe shares of tbe capital stock of tbe railroad company, and tbe only question- not already disposed of was, whether the Nashville and’Decatur Railroad Company bad tbe same charter…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE. This, like tbe case between tbe same parties just decided, ante 129, was a suit in mandamus brought-by tbe State of Tennessee to require tbe trustee and tax collector of Davidson County to assess for taxation tbe shares of tbe capital stock of tbe railroad company, and tbe only question- not already disposed of was, whether the Nashville and’Decatur Railroad Company bad tbe same charter contract for tbe exemption of its capital stock from taxation as the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company.' The facts…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered tbe opinion of the court. After stating the facts as above reported, he continued:
The question whether the capital- stock of the Nashville and Decatur Company is entitled to the same exemption as that of the Nashville and Chattanooga Company depends, 1, on whether the grant to the Tennessee and Alabama Company of “ all the rights, powers and privileges,” and to the Central Southern Company of “all the powers and privileges” of the Nashville and Chattanooga Company, carried with it to the new companies the exemption from taxation provided for in section 38 of the Nashville and…
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