The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 17West Publishing Company, 1897 |
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Page 80
... RAILROAD & BANKING CO . et al . v . WRIGHT , Comptroller General . ( November 30 , 1896. ) No. 300 . TAXATION - RAILROAD COMPANIES CONSTRUCTION OF CHARTER - RESERVATION OF RIGHT OF MUNICIPAL TAXATION . - 1. Act Ga . Dec. 14 , 1835 ...
... RAILROAD & BANKING CO . et al . v . WRIGHT , Comptroller General . ( November 30 , 1896. ) No. 300 . TAXATION - RAILROAD COMPANIES CONSTRUCTION OF CHARTER - RESERVATION OF RIGHT OF MUNICIPAL TAXATION . - 1. Act Ga . Dec. 14 , 1835 ...
Page 81
... railroad companies were subjected to taxation upon their property located in the different towns and cities of the state . By reason of the fact that all of the prop- erty and effects of the Central Railroad & Banking Company were in ...
... railroad companies were subjected to taxation upon their property located in the different towns and cities of the state . By reason of the fact that all of the prop- erty and effects of the Central Railroad & Banking Company were in ...
Page 82
... railroads was exempt from the county tax , but that such of its real estate as was not improved and in use was subject to be taxed until it was improved and used for railroad purposes . Both parties appealed to the su- preme court of ...
... railroads was exempt from the county tax , but that such of its real estate as was not improved and in use was subject to be taxed until it was improved and used for railroad purposes . Both parties appealed to the su- preme court of ...
Page 83
... Railroad Company in Railroad Co. v . Loftin , 98 U. S. 559. So , in Bank of Com- merce v . Tennessee , 104 U. S. 493 , where a bank was required to " pay to the state an an- nual tax of one - half of one per cent . upon each share of ...
... Railroad Company in Railroad Co. v . Loftin , 98 U. S. 559. So , in Bank of Com- merce v . Tennessee , 104 U. S. 493 , where a bank was required to " pay to the state an an- nual tax of one - half of one per cent . upon each share of ...
Page 98
... railroad com- pany is a decision on a question of law , which does not conclude the parties , but may be re- viewed in a collateral proceeding to recover the purchase money , by one to whom the company had agreed to convey title . 34 ...
... railroad com- pany is a decision on a question of law , which does not conclude the parties , but may be re- viewed in a collateral proceeding to recover the purchase money , by one to whom the company had agreed to convey title . 34 ...
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Page 272 - ... transported into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory, be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory, enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or...
Page 119 - ... that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there Is literally no evidence, but whether there Is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.
Page 134 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 256 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure.
Page 258 - When we consider the nature and the theory of our institutions of government, the principles upon which they are supposed to rest, and review the history of their development, we are constrained to conclude that they do not mean to leave room for the play and action of purely personal and arbitrary power.
Page 131 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 314 - We have repeatedly held that no State has the right to lay a tax on interstate commerce in any form, whether by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of that commerce, or on the receipts derived from that transportation, or on the occupation or business of carrying it on, for the reason that such taxation is a burden on that commerce, and amounts to a regulation of it, which belongs solely to Congress.
Page 257 - ... different trades and professions, and may vary the rates of excise upon various products ; it may tax real estate and personal property in a different manner; it may tax visible property only, and not tax securities for payment of money ; it may allow deductions for indebtedness, or not allow them. All such regulations, and those of like character, so long as they proceed within reasonable limits and general usage, are within the discretion of the State legislature, or the people of the State...
Page 108 - The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes, and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 36 - That the grants aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof...