The provision in the Fourteenth 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... The Supreme Court Reporter - Page 4991910Full view - About this book
| North American review - 1897 - 808 pages
...22; Moore t>. Missouri, 159 U. a, 673. Bradley laid down the rale as follows r* " The provision . . . was not intended to prevent a State from adjusting...it chooses, exempt certain classes of property from taxation at all, such as churches, libraries, and the property of charitable institutions. It may impose... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1050 pages
...said : "The provision in the fourteenth amendment that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws was...taxes upon different trades and professions, and may vary the rates of excise upon various products ; it may tax real estate and personal property in a... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 980 pages
...said: "The provision in the fourteenth amendment, that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent astatefrom adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways. It may, if it chooses,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1066 pages
...follows: "The provision in the fourteenth amendment, that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was...Taxes upon 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... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 988 pages
...Rep. p. 536: "The provision in the 14th Amendment, that no state shall deny to any person within its tates from foreign countries," with some exceptions...merchandise of Porto Rican manufacture coming into euch as churches, libraries, and the property of charitable institutions. It may impose different specific... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 958 pages
...Sup. Ct. Rep. 533, in which it was said not to have been intended to prevent a state from changing its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable...if it chooses, exempt certain classes of property altogether; may impose different specific taxes upon different trades or professions; may vary the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1036 pages
...the unit rule, denies the equal protection of the laws. That provision In the fourteenth amendment "was not intended to prevent a state from adjusting...system of taxation In all proper and reasonable ways," nor was that amendment "intended to compel a state to adopt an iron rule of equal taxation." Bell's... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 798 pages
...us : "The provision in the Fourteenth Amendment, that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was...proper and reasonable ways. It may, if it chooses, except certain classes of property from any taxation at all, such as churches, libraries and the property... | |
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