United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 134United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1890 |
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... judgment in favor of the Commonwealth for $ 666 . Among the grounds for the appeal was , that the tax was in violation of section one of the Fourteenth Amendment , because the assessment was for the nominal value , and not for the real ...
... judgment in favor of the Commonwealth for $ 666 . Among the grounds for the appeal was , that the tax was in violation of section one of the Fourteenth Amendment , because the assessment was for the nominal value , and not for the real ...
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... judgment of the court this exception was sustained , and the suit was dismissed . See Hans v . Louisiana , 24 Fed . Rep . 55 . To this judgment the present writ of error was brought . Mr. J. D. Rouse , ( Mr. William Grant was also on ...
... judgment of the court this exception was sustained , and the suit was dismissed . See Hans v . Louisiana , 24 Fed . Rep . 55 . To this judgment the present writ of error was brought . Mr. J. D. Rouse , ( Mr. William Grant was also on ...
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... judgment against an indi- vidual , and the court rendering such judgment overrules a defence set up under the Constitution or laws of the United States , the transfer of this record into the Supreme Court for the sole purpose of ...
... judgment against an indi- vidual , and the court rendering such judgment overrules a defence set up under the Constitution or laws of the United States , the transfer of this record into the Supreme Court for the sole purpose of ...
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... judgment , and to hold inviolate the public obligations . Any departure from this rule , except for reasons most cogent , ( of which the legis- lature , and not the courts , is the judge , ) never fails in the end to incur the odium of ...
... judgment , and to hold inviolate the public obligations . Any departure from this rule , except for reasons most cogent , ( of which the legis- lature , and not the courts , is the judge , ) never fails in the end to incur the odium of ...
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... judgment which we are called upon to review is one affirming the judgment of the District Court of Plymouth County in that State . This judgment imposed a fine of five hundred dollars and costs on each of the six plaintiffs in error in ...
... judgment which we are called upon to review is one affirming the judgment of the District Court of Plymouth County in that State . This judgment imposed a fine of five hundred dollars and costs on each of the six plaintiffs in error in ...
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Page 426 - Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 419 - railroad" as used in this Act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease ; and the term " transportation " shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 449 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 237 - Amendment, that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent a State from adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways. It may, if it chooses, exempt certain classes of property from any taxation at all, such as churches, libraries and the property of charitable institutions.
Page 13 - It is inherent in the nature of sovereignty not to be amenable to the suit of an individual WITHOUT ITS CONSENT. This is the general sense, and the general practice of mankind; and the exemption, as one of the attributes of sovereignty, is now enjoyed by the government of every State in the Union.
Page 428 - ... apply to said commission by petition, which shall briefly state the facts; whereupon a statement of the complaint thus made shall be forwarded by the commission to such common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint, or to answer the same in writing, within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission.
Page 429 - The claim that any such testimony or evidence may tend to criminate the person giving such evidence shall not excuse such witness from testifying; but such evidence or testimony shall not be used against such person on the trial of any criminal proceeding.
Page 743 - It ordains that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, or deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the. laws.
Page 486 - ... agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such state, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Page 238 - But neither the amendment — broad and comprehensive as it is — nor any other amendment, was designed to interfere with the power of the State, sometimes termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education and good order of the people, and to legislate so as to increase the industries of the State, develop its resources and add to its wealth and prosperity.