Pacific Railroad v. Governor
Supreme Court of Missouri
Application for a mandamus to Sterling Price, governor of the state of Missouri, requiring him to deliver to the Pacific Railroad Company eight hundred bonds of the state, under an act entitled “ An act to secure the completion of certain railroads in this state,” passed over the governor’s veto on the 10th of December, 1855. The governor refused to issue the bonds on the ground that the law was unconstitutionally passed.
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Application for a mandamus to Sterling Price, governor of the state of Missouri, requiring him to deliver to the Pacific Railroad Company eight hundred bonds of the state, under an act entitled “ An act to secure the completion of certain railroads in this state,” passed over the governor’s veto on the 10th of December, 1855. The governor refused to issue the bonds on the ground that the law was unconstitutionally passed. An ag'reed case was made, the substance of which is stated in the opinion of the court. The act referred to was deposited with the laws in the office of the secretary of…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
On the 10th day of December, 1855, an act entitled “An act to secure the completion of certain railroads in this state” was passed by the general assembly, the governor’s objections to the contrary notwithstanding. This act was authenticated *356pursuant to tbe constitution and laws, and was deposited by tbe governor in the office of tbe secretary of state. It is agreed between tbe parties to this proceeding, that, according to tbe provisions of this act, if it is binding as a law, tbe Pacific Railroad Company became entitled, upon tbe performance of certain conditions therein mentioned, to have…
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