Supreme Court of the United States March 18, 1874 (Railway Company v. Allerton)

Mr. Justice BRADLEY

delivered the opinion of the court..

Without attempting to decide the constitutional question, or to give a construction to the act of the legislature, we are satisfied that the decree must be affirmed on the'broad, ground that a change so organic and fundamental as that of increasing the capital stock of a corporation beyond the limit fixed by the charter cannot be made by