United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 52; Volumes 207-210Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1908 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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... pany for the year 1900. " so extended . On or about the 28th day of January , 1901 , appellee paid to the collector of the town of North Chicago the sum of $ 52,902 , in full satisfaction of all the taxes assessed against the appellee ...
... pany for the year 1900. " so extended . On or about the 28th day of January , 1901 , appellee paid to the collector of the town of North Chicago the sum of $ 52,902 , in full satisfaction of all the taxes assessed against the appellee ...
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... pany , the depreciation is from a little over two millions , four hundred thousand dol- lars , to a little over one million , three hun- dred thousand dollars , or about 46 per cent . " In the case of the South Chicago City Railway ...
... pany , the depreciation is from a little over two millions , four hundred thousand dol- lars , to a little over one million , three hun- dred thousand dollars , or about 46 per cent . " In the case of the South Chicago City Railway ...
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... PANY . ( No. 118. ) Where a person can recover back an il- COM - legal tax by an action at law , no relief can be had in a court of equity . Shelton v . Platt , 139 U. S. 591-595 , 35 L. ed . 273-276 , 11 Sup . Ct . Rep . 646 ; Allen v ...
... PANY . ( No. 118. ) Where a person can recover back an il- COM - legal tax by an action at law , no relief can be had in a court of equity . Shelton v . Platt , 139 U. S. 591-595 , 35 L. ed . 273-276 , 11 Sup . Ct . Rep . 646 ; Allen v ...
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... pany : The allegations of the bill show a substan- tial claim in good faith arising under the Federal Constitution , and this is sufficient to give Federal jurisdiction . Pacific Electric R. Co. v . Los Angeles , 194 U. S. 112 , 48 L ...
... pany : The allegations of the bill show a substan- tial claim in good faith arising under the Federal Constitution , and this is sufficient to give Federal jurisdiction . Pacific Electric R. Co. v . Los Angeles , 194 U. S. 112 , 48 L ...
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... pany the equal protection of the laws . Nor does he think that it can be held , upon any showing made by this record , to be uncon- stitutional as depriving the plaintiff in error of its property without due process of law . Upon these ...
... pany the equal protection of the laws . Nor does he think that it can be held , upon any showing made by this record , to be uncon- stitutional as depriving the plaintiff in error of its property without due process of law . Upon these ...
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Page 399 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 415 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act. matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act.
Page 250 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 271 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 432 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book, or goes to an American play, or looks at an American picture or statue...
Page 110 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.
Page 462 - States; or (5) admitted in writing his inability to pay his debts and his willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt on that ground.
Page 112 - The true reason of the remedy; and then the office of all the judges is always to make such construction as shall suppress the mischief, and advance the remedy, and to suppress subtle inventions and evasions for continuance of the mischief, and pro privato commodo, and to add force and life to the cure and remedy, according to the true intent of the makers of the Act, pro bono publico.
Page 342 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 129 - We feel no hesitation in confining these expressions to those privileges and immunities which are, in their nature, fundamental; which belong, of right, to the citizens of all free governments; and which have, at all times, been enjoyed by the citizens of the several states which compose this Union, from the time of their becoming free, independent, and sovereign.