for The Allegheny County Bar Association
1. Sinking-Fund Cases, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, May 5, 1879, Decided; OCTOBER, 1878, Term
OVERVIEW: The establishment of a sinking-fund by an act of Congress was constitutional because it was within Congress' authority to regulate the administration and affairs of railway companies and nothing in the legislation conflicted with the state charter.
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