# City of Dubuque v. Illinois Central Railroad

> Supreme Court of Iowa · June 19, 1874 · 39 Iowa 56

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7096065

## Case

- **Full name:** The City of Dubuque v. The Illinois Central Railroad Co.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** June 19, 1874
- **Citations:** 39 Iowa 56
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Day
- **Judges:** Beck, Cii, Cole, Day, Miller
- **Cited by:** 49 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Day, J.,
concurs in the conclusions reached in the foregoing opinion. Upon the proposition, however, that the city has a *88 vested right in the taxes, he expresses no opinion, reaching the same conclusion upon the other line of argument expressed in the opinion. lie holds the section of the statute in question to be unconstitutional and void.

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