Legal Opinion
Milheim v. Moffat Tunnel Improvement District
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1924No. 791PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
The defendants in error move to dismiss the writ of error or affirm the judgment.
This is a suit challenging the constitutionality of an act of the State of Colorado creating a tunnel improvement district (Sess. Laws, Ex. Sess., 1922, c. 2, p. 88), and' the proceedings thereunder.
This act, which is known as the Moffat Tunnel Act, declares that to provide an avenue of communication by a transportation tunnel through the Continental Divide at or near James Peak will reduce the barrier to commercial intercourse between the eastern and western portions of the State, facilitate communication in all…
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