Legal Opinion
People v. Weaver
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1880No. 19PublishedCited by 148 opinions
Error to the Court of Appeals of tbe State of New York. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The law of the State of New York for taxation in the county of Albany, enacted in the year 1850, contained the following section: —
“ Sect. 9. If any person shall, at any time before the assessors shall have completed their assessments, make affidavit that the value of his real estate does not exceed a certain sum, to be specified in such affidavit, or that the value of the personal estate owned by him, aftér deducting his just debts, and his property invested in the stock of any corporation or association liable to be taxed therefor, does not exceed a certain sum, to be specified in the…
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