| 1875 - 438 páginas
...25 Wls. 188. We have established, we think, beyond cavil, that there can be no lawful tax which ls not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...decide what is a public purpose in this sense and what ls not. It ls undoubtedly the duty of the legislature which imposes or authorizes municipalities to... | |
| 1875 - 788 páginas
...Fond du Lac, supra. We have established, we think, beyond cavil, that there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...tax, to see that it is not to be used for purposes of private interest instead of a public use, and the courts can only be justified in interposing when... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1875 - 750 páginas
...public purpose." We have established, we think, beyond cavil that there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...which imposes or authorizes municipalities to impose u tax to see, that it is not to be used for purposes of private interest instead of a public use, and... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1881 - 896 páginas
...Loan Association v. Topeka, say : " We have established beyond cavil there can be no lawful tax, which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...duty of the legislature, which imposes or authorizes a municipality to impose a tax, to see that it is not to be used for purposes of private interest instead... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 páginas
...decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. " It may not be...is a public purpose in this sense and what is not. But in the case before us, in which towns are authorized to contribute aid by way of taxation to any... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 páginas
...decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil there can t>e no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose." * * * " It may...is a public purpose in this sense and what is not. But in the case before us, in which towns are authorized to contribute aid by way of taxation to any... | |
| 1884 - 1030 páginas
...public purpose." We have established, we think, beyond cavil that there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...tax to see that it is not to be used for purposes of private interest instead of a public use, and the courts can only be justified in interposing when... | |
| Benjamin La Fevre - 1884 - 532 páginas
...decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...is a public purpose in this sense and what is not. If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town, by establishing manufactures, the... | |
| 1902 - 1178 páginas
...Is worthy of careful attention. That learned court declared that: "There can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...to draw the line In all cases so as to decide what ¡sa public purpose In this sense and what is not. It Is undoubtedly the duty of the legislature, which... | |
| Victor Morawetz - 1886 - 642 páginas
...legislative forms. . . . We have established, we think, beyond cavil, that there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy...tax, to see that it is not to be used for purposes of private interest instead of a public use ; and the courts can only be justified in interposing when... | |
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