United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 183United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1902 |
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... exemption from all taxation for twenty years . The state constitution adopted in 1869 provided that the property of ... exemption in its charter . Held , also , That the exemption being repealable , the ques- tion whether it had in fact ...
... exemption from all taxation for twenty years . The state constitution adopted in 1869 provided that the property of ... exemption in its charter . Held , also , That the exemption being repealable , the ques- tion whether it had in fact ...
Page 67
... exemption , the State Railroad Commission has returned its property for taxation , and that defendant has demanded not only a privilege tax , but a property tax levied for state and county purposes , and threatens seizure of its ...
... exemption , the State Railroad Commission has returned its property for taxation , and that defendant has demanded not only a privilege tax , but a property tax levied for state and county purposes , and threatens seizure of its ...
Page 68
... exemption from taxation contained in the eighteenth section constituted a contract between the plaintiff corporation and the State of Mississippi that the State would not demand any taxes upon its capital , property or stock for the ...
... exemption from taxation contained in the eighteenth section constituted a contract between the plaintiff corporation and the State of Mississippi that the State would not demand any taxes upon its capital , property or stock for the ...
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... exempt from taxation for a term of twenty years from the passage of this Act . " To strengthen its position , and to enable the company to rally to its support an exemption antedating the constitution of 1869 , upon which the defendant ...
... exempt from taxation for a term of twenty years from the passage of this Act . " To strengthen its position , and to enable the company to rally to its support an exemption antedating the constitution of 1869 , upon which the defendant ...
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... exemption from taxation , it is conceded by both sides to this controversy that we are bound to look to the decisions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi at the time this charter was granted , for their proper interpretation . Douglass ...
... exemption from taxation , it is conceded by both sides to this controversy that we are bound to look to the decisions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi at the time this charter was granted , for their proper interpretation . Douglass ...
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Page 89 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 135 - In case the greater rate of Interest has been paid, the person by whom It has been paid, or his legal representatives, may recover back, In an action in the nature of an action of debt, twice the amount of the Interest thus paid from the association taking or receiving the same: Provided such action Is commenced within two years from the time the usurious transaction occurred.
Page 281 - Whenever any person or corporation shall exercise a power of appointment derived from any disposition of property made either before or after the passage of this act, such appointment when made shall be deemed a transfer taxable under the provisions of this act in the same manner as though the property to which such appointment relates belonged absolutely to the donee of such power and had been bequeathed or devised by such donee by will...
Page 312 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements or conditions as may be indorsed hereon or added hereto, and no officer, agent or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy...
Page 214 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 315 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the insured now has, or shall hereafter make or procure, any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered, in whole or in part, by this policy.
Page 315 - ... no officer, agent, or representative shall have such power or be deemed or held to have waived such provisions or conditions unless such waiver, if any, shall be written upon or attached hereto, nor shall any privilege or permission affecting the insurance under this policy exist or be claimed by the insured unless so written or attached.
Page 528 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between the same partes or their privies; and even if the second suit is for a different cause of action, the right, question or fact once so determined must, as between the same parties or their privies, be taken as conclusively established, so long as the judgment...
Page 134 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 318 - When parties have deliberately put their engagements into writing, in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking was reduced to writing...