People v. Central Pacific Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Action to recover the amount of taxes assessed against the defendant by the state board of equalization for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888.
1. The underlying question upon this appeal is the validity of sections 3668 to 3670 of the Political Code, the appellant contending that the provisions of these sections contravene the provisions of section 25, article IV, of the constitution, and particularly of subdivision 10 thereof, by which the legislature is prohibited from passing a special law “ for the assessment or collection of taxes”; that as these sections take from the operation of the…
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