State of Madras v. Cochin Coal Company.

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Miscellaneous — Grant of "full and exclusive power and jurisdiction of eyery kind" over territory — Effect of — Whether conferring right to tax — Grant by Raja of Cochin to British Government of railway lands in Cochin — The law of India.

State territory — In general — International leases — Grant of full and exclusive power and jurisdiction of every kind — Whether effect to confer power to tax — Whether recipient of power has effectively delegated same to local authorities — Grant by Raja of Cochin to British Government of authority over railway lands in Cochin — The law of India.