 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 to draw the line in all cases, so as to decide what is a public purpose in this sense, and what is not.  Decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury - Halaman 111oleh United States. Comptroller of the Treasury - 1896Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | Howard Strickland Abbott - 1905 - 996 halaman
...(Tex. Civ. App.) 21 SW 375. a1 Citizens' Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. City of Topeka, 87 US (20 Wal1.) 655. "We have established we think, beyond cavil, that...is a public purpose in this sense and what is not. It is undoubtedly the duty of the legislature which imposes or authorizes municipalities to impose... | |
 | Joseph Asbury Joyce, Howard Clifford Joyce - 1907 - 994 halaman
...the government in all its machinery and operations — that they are imposed for a public purpose.' We have established, we think, beyond cavil that there...tax which is not laid for a public purpose. * * It is undoubtedly the duty of the legislature which imposes or authorizes municipalities to impose a tax... | |
 | James Parker Hall - 1910 - 438 halaman
...matters, history and experience have more weight than logic in determining the limits of legitimate public purpose. "It may not be easy to draw the line...all cases so as to decide what is a public purpose and what is not. . . . And in deciding whether, in the given case, the object for which the taxes are... | |
 | Kossuth Kent Kennan - 1910 - 370 halaman
...taxes for private purposes, it must be remembered that the Supreme Court of the United States has held that "there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose." 19 Judge Cooley's definition of taxes, if not the best, is at least one of the best which has come... | |
 | Kossuth Kent Kennan - 1910 - 374 halaman
...taxes for private purposes, it must be remembered that the Supreme Court of the United States has held that "there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose."1* Judge Cooley's definition of taxes, if not the best, is at least one of the best which... | |
 | Joseph Henry Beale - 1911 - 724 halaman
...the United States, in an important case, is worthy of careful attention. That learned court declared that " there can be no lawful tax which is not laid...is a public purpose in this sense and what is not. It is undoubtedly the duty of the legislature which imposes or authorizes municipalities to impose... | |
 | James De Witt Andrews - 1911 - 442 halaman
...matters, history and experience have more weight than logic in determining the limits of legitimate public purpose. "It may not be easy to draw the line...all cases so as to decide what is a public purpose and what is not. . . . And in deciding whether, in the given case, the object for which the taxes are... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby, John Archibald Fairlie, Frederic Austin Ogg - 1911 - 728 halaman
...up private fortunes is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and called taxation. . . . We have established, we think beyond...cavil that there can be no lawful tax which is not levied for a public purpose." This was said as to the meaning to be given to the constitution of the... | |
 | Frank J. Goodnow - 1911 - 410 halaman
...it is done under the forms of law and called taxation. . . . We have es_ 1 20 Wall. 655. tablished, we think beyond cavil, that there can be no lawful tax which is not levied for a public purpose." This was said as to the meaning to be given to the constitution of the... | |
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