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An appeal was taken by the Company to the Supreme Court, and that learned and unimpassioned tribunal affirmed every position taken by me in the case; it held the ordinance to be valid and the compromise binding.
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Jacobs highlights the Supreme Court's affirmation of his positions in the case, validating the ordinance and compromise.
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