Weston and Others v. the City Council of Charleston
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was a writ of error to the constitutional court of South Carolinas On the 20th of February 1823, the city council of Charleston passed “ an ordinance to raise supplies for the use of the city of Charleston,, for the year 1823.” The ordinance provides “ that the following species of property, owned and possessed within'the limits of the city of Charleston, Shall be subject to taxation in the manner, and at the rate, and con-formably to the provisions hereinafter…
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THIS was a writ of error to the constitutional court of South Carolinas On the 20th of February 1823, the city council of Charleston passed “ an ordinance to raise supplies for the use of the city of Charleston,, for the year 1823.” The ordinance provides “ that the following species of property, owned and possessed within'the limits of the city of Charleston, Shall be subject to taxation in the manner, and at the rate, and con-formably to the provisions hereinafter specified] that is to say, all personal estate, consisting of bonds, notes, insurance ■stock, six and seven per1 cent, stock of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This case was argued on its merits at a preceding term; but a doubt having arisen with the Court respecting its jurisdiction in cases of prohibition,, that doubt was suggested to the bar, and a re-argument was requested. It has been re-argued at this term.
The. power of this Court to revise the judgments of a state tribunal, depends on the 25th section of the-judicial act. That section enacts “ that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or 'equity of a state in which a decision in the suit could be had,” “ where, is drawn in question the validity of a statute or of…
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