The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a sufficient security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. Lawyers' Reports Annotated - Página 2821898Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1872 - 940 páginas
...choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the Legislature...constituents. This is in general a sufficient security against oppressive and erroneous taxation: McColloch vs. Maryland, 4 Wheat, 428. But it will be observed that... | |
| William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 páginas
...choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power, is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people give to their government a right of taxing themselves and their property; and, as the exigencies... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 884 páginas
...choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax, the legislature...This is, in general, a sufficient security against oppressive taxation." These principles, when properly applied, or fairly understood, do not, by any... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1878 - 1032 páginas
...of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a * tax, the [* 480] legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people of a State, therefore, give to their government a right of taxing themselves and their property... | |
| 1894 - 2074 páginas
...and fraud on the part of the taxing officers. In McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 428, Marshall, CJ, said: "The only security against the abuse of this...levied in local, political, and municipal corporations. Wilcox v. Paddock, 65 Mich. 23, 31 NW 609; Barward v. Drain Co., 51 111. 1-30; People V. Hurlbut, 24... | |
| 1905 - 1104 páginas
...4 L. Ed. 579 : "The only security against the abuse of this power Is found In the structure of the government Itself, in imposing a tax the Legislature...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation." And again, in Providence Bank v. Billings, 4 Pet. 561, 7 L. Ed. 939, he said: "This vital power may... | |
| Ohio State Bar Association - 1908 - 212 páginas
...choose to carry it. The only security against the abuse of this poiver if found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax the Legislature...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people of a state, however, give to their government a right of taxing themselves and their property,... | |
| California. Supreme Court - 1882 - 796 páginas
...— Wallace, J. " The only security against the abuse of the power is found in the structure of the Government itself. In imposing a tax, the Legislature...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people of a State, therefore, give to their Government a right of taxing themselves and their property,... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1288 páginas
...the almsc of (his power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a t«x. tin* Legislature acts upon its constituents. This is in...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation." " The people of a Stale, therefore, give to their govermenl a right of taxing themselves and their... | |
| John Norton Pomeroy - 1883 - 626 páginas
...of this power in found in the structure of the Government itself. In imposing a tax, the Government acts upon its constituents. This is in general a sufficient...security against erroneous and oppressive taxation. The people of a state, therefore, give to their Government a right of taxing themselves and their property... | |
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