Detroit City Railway Co. v. Guthard
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.' This was a motion to dismiss, 'because the record did not show that any federal question was involved in the case in the State court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
-This is a motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Michigan on the ground that the record does not show that any federal question is involved. The case is this :
The Detroit City Railway Company was organized in May, 1S63, under a general law of Michigan.to provide for the com struction of Train Railways, passed February 13,1855, to operate a street railway in Detroit. Art. 15, sec. 1, of the Constitution of the State, which went into effect January 1, 3851, is ah follows: •. “ Corporations may be formed under general, laws,- but shall not be created- by special act, except…
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