State ex rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Tompkins

Citations

• 48 S.C. 49
• 25 S.E. 982
• 1896 S.C. LEXIS 151

Syllabus

<p>1. Act Construed — Con. , Art. IX., Sec. 8 — Foreign Railroad Corporations — Corporations.—The “Act to provide the manner in which railroad companies incorporated under the laws of other States or countries may become incorporated in this State,” 22 Stat., 114, is not repugnant to sec. 8 of art. IX. of Con. 1895.</p> <p>2. Fees — Corporations—Railroad—Act Construed. — The act to provide for the formation of certain corporations, and to define the • powers thereof, 22 Stat., 92, does not provide the fees which are to be charged foreign corporations upon becoming incorporated here under the act for that purpose (22 Stat., 114).</p>