Farney v. Towle
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Superior Court of the city of New York. Inasmuch as this case was dismissed for want of jurisdiction, it is unriecessary to state the arguments of counsel upon points riot alluded to in the opinion of the court. That opinion con-/ tains all that is necessary to a full understanding of the question decided.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief .Justice TANEY.
This is a writ of. error to. the-[Superior. Court of the city of New York, and the error assigned is that the court maintained the validity of a-statute of that State by which new trustees had been substituted in place of those appointed by a testator, and authorized to carry into execution the trusts created by the last will of the deceased. And the plaintiff in error alleges that this law was a violation of that article of the Constitution of the United States which declares that “no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts.”
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