Estill County v. Embry’s Empirical Analysis
112 F. 882 · 1902
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Southern Pacific Railroad v. United States · Southern Pac Co v. United States · New Orleans v. Citizens' Bank · Union & Planters' Bank of Memphis v. City of Memphis
Most-quoted passages
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““Sec. 10. An annual tax sufficient to pay tire interest and said bonds and tbe principal when it shall become due shall be levied and collected and paid out by the officers of said county as provided in cáse of other county taxes: Provided, that said company shall mate a preliminary survey of its route within one year after the passage of this act and shall commence wort, in good faith, upon its roadbed within the next year, and shall each year thereafter perform one-fifth of the work necessary to complete said road." Acts Ky. 1887-88, vol. 1, pp. 913-919, c. 449.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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