Grenada County Supervisors v. Brogden
Citations
- 112 U.S. 261
- 5 S. Ct. 125
- 28 L. Ed. 704
- 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1880
Syllabus
<p>That construction of a statute should.be adopted which, without doing violence to the fair meaning of the words used, brings it into harmony with the Oon- ' stitution.</p> <p>A municipal subscription to the stock of a railroad company, or in aid of the construction of á railroad, made without authority previously conferred, may be confirmed and legalized by subsequent legislative enactment, when legislation of that character is not prohibited by the Constitution, and when that which was done would have been legal had it been done under legislative sanction previously given.</p>
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- \It ought never to be assumed that the law-making department of the government intended to usurp or assume power prohibited to it.\ (quotation omitted)
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Judges: Harlan
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