DocketNumber: No. 33914.
Citation Numbers: 195 So. 704, 188 Miss. 889
Judges: <bold>Smith, C.J.,</bold> delivered the opinion of the court.
Filed Date: 5/6/1940
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023
In my opinion, the tax laid against the railroad company is unreasonably discriminatory and therefore falls within the condemnation of the equal protection clause of the Federal Constitution. Gast Realty Investment Co. v. Schneider Granite Company,
The tax against the railroad company is also an arbitrary abuse of power and falls within the condemnation of the due process clause of the Federal Constitution. Houck v. Little River Drainage District,
McGehee and Griffith, JJ., also dissent.
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KANS. CITY SO. RY. v. Road Imp. Dist. No. 6 , 41 S. Ct. 604 ( 1921 )
Valley Farms Co. of Yonkers v. County of Westchester , 43 S. Ct. 261 ( 1923 )
Gast Realty & Investment Co. v. Schneider Granite Co. , 36 S. Ct. 254 ( 1916 )
Memphis & Charleston Railway Co. v. Pace , 51 S. Ct. 108 ( 1931 )
Houck v. Little River Drainage District , 36 S. Ct. 58 ( 1915 )
Thomas v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. , 43 S. Ct. 440 ( 1923 )