Mobile & Ohio Railroad v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
The Federal question presented by the writ of error in this case is whether state statutes, subjecting the property of a railroad corporation to taxation, impair the obligation of the contract contained in an exemption clause of the company’s charter %
It arises in this way: The State of Tennessee and certain counties therein in February, 1891, filed their bill against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, (hereafter styled the railroad company,) and its mortgagee,, the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company, to enforce the collection of state and county taxes, assessed upon the property, roadbed,…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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