Central Transportation Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1891-03-02

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Mr. Justice Gray, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court. The principal defence in this case, duly made by the defendant, by formal plea, as well as by objection to the plaintiff’s evidence, and sustained by the Circuit Court, was that the indenture of lease sued on was void in law, because beyond the powers of each of the corporatio…

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