The New York herald., 1878-10-15
COURT CALENDARs-THIs DAY.

SUPREME CoUaf-CuAABKRs--Hsld BY Judge Bar.
re.-Nos. 81, 9s. l26. ~, l45. Lao, 157 1853. 1896
2o2 70 @ 2sS, ~ ~ 2as @ 2so "a 24S, 2as 25s 200
SUPREME CoURr-GKNERAL fKnM-Held BY Presid-
Ing Juage Dsv's and Judges Bq.ey ana icgaIis
IA 2el l4o l4l. l44 1919. 2ol. EOS. 2o7. soS. ao0
SUPREME CouRr-srxuAL TEKA-Held BY Judge Van
629 $780, 63s 600, 0s6 Co., 4o2, 13S, 5S4, 6iO, Oil,
6e7. eis 6S5, 2ss.s7le, s74.
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1885, 1852 1880 s9s i795 1862 1855, 174s 1885, $685.
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2O55, 2ob6 2o5S, 2O69, 2o60, 206l. Par. S-Aed ny
Judge Van Brunt.-Nos ls26, 1920, s479, 1862 l45S,
2007.
SUPERIOR CouRr-SPEOiAL TERM-Hcld BY Judge
% =. ., o Issues Of
Judge spe,I-Sos 52s. Ss4, u. go, oa4. $50, $50,
AIS AT, 4s2 os5. t26 Par 2-Helo BY Chief ast,ce
tis.-Case on, No. $50; McLiowan vs. O'Donohue.
Nos. sol, sos $50 AL AS 44a. AS. ssl, AS. 4o7,
4s7 4d5, 400, $50, 500, is7, s4s. e4o $50. 2s2 !,
the hrst Monday of November
COMMON PLEAs-SPKcIAL rERM-Held BY Jujgc J. +.
COMMON PLEAs-Eoulrr TsRx-Hsld by Judge }. =.
Daly.-Nos. l5 3. Q, II.
COMMON fLEAs-lxIAL TKRx-Par. Held by Chief
By Juage Lawtenoe.-Nos. ssa, FOL COL, GIG, 1890,
s3s 4ss 2sS 2oS lo32, esl, 49, 5oe Ill., 1902 1913.
llo, l04l, 265, Goa
sInnolt 479s 46s2. 1919, 1892 4755, 4s4l. ASA,
4s64 1890. 49o7, 47s5 222oX 47S9, 49l4, 4sld Part
aaa oy ndss sSsa as o. Los, 4 81 41s
soos 1851 5ols 2el 4e4o 4sss, 4Sao 442l $685. 24oe
COURT or GENERAL sxssIoSs-Part Held by
Judge sutherland.-1bc People VS.. Frank Irving,
Sam. =. % Jeremiah Williams. % ps,asy; s same ".
Emile Biuhme. false pretences; same vs.. sarah
Wheeler, abduction; PART held oy Judss n.
NOUS assault and battery; same vs.. James McGui-
ness, icion,ous assault and battery; same vs. TIM
James Campbell felonious assault and battery; Same
Michael ruy, felonious assault and battery same
r,ex Pniiilp.. ioprsry forgery Same Va Wilism wsi.n, ior
gerry; Same Levi Moses. assault and battery same
vs. John Fly nm, assault ana battery, Same vs. WILL
IAN j. Thompson, mayhem.
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
THE RIGHT OF A MUNICrPALrrY TO TAX ITS
OWN PROMISES TO PAR coNsrDsRED--AN Ap-
IMPAIRED THEREBY.
wAsHfsGros, Got II, 1873
Tho following decision has Osen rendered In the su-
premc Court Oft United states:-
Nos. 95 aud 237 Murray City Cornell Of Charles
ten jenkins va The same.
In these cases, tho city having taxed It's own stock
In hands Of the holders, the question whether
the ordinance imposing tho tax 10 not void impair
ing obligation Of the contract tho efoct being 10
dcprecate the value OF tho stock The iac,s appear
more fully The opinion. The Cours having stated
the case proceeded thus:-
We then TO the question whether the ordinances
Of the c,tys with ,nc psin rhe solution u
,s ss spos the s o
e, loan held BY The aintin the city assumed
as1ssSy pasnsn % a'f o
sss ss csn.r.s. ueS sSa
cf s'es % 'Iss%sa nS bs Sa .y y or
Isss
lessen oss"ea nsea on PAYING s Ss
.aiys .ssss .ssus the ns''S ss i'F
par, Of what expressly promised you." Thus
disrcni thing what it when made and the
change effected by legislation ordinances OF the city,
enacted under asserted .autnoty OF passed by
Legislature.
THE CONTRACT IMPAIRED.
That by such elisaon the obligation OF the contract s
impaired IL evident enough unless held there
some implied reservation Of rEnt in the creditor to-
change It's terms right reserved whom the contract
made-uniess some power withheld expressed
disclosed but which entered into and limited the
unde rtakinE But how that be-bow express
contain implication or consist with reser-
walton directly contrary the words Of the
has never yet bean discovereh
fiK POWER or TAXATION,
has been ssrenuensy arsasd ON alf Of the defend
ant that the state Of south carolina and the City
Council OF Cbarleston possessed the power Of
taxaton whom the conttscts made; tnat
By the contract She city did not surrender