Adams Express Co. v. Ohio State Auditor
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIROTJrT. These are cases involving the constitutionality of certain laws of the State of Ohio providing for the taxation of telegraph, telephone and express companies, and the validity of-assessments of express companies thereunder.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIROTJrT. These are cases involving the constitutionality of certain laws of the State of Ohio providing for the taxation of telegraph, telephone and express companies, and the validity of-assessments of express companies thereunder. The general assembly of Ohio passed, April 27, 1893, 90 Ohio Laws, 330>, an act- to amend and supplement §§ 2777, 2778, 2779 and 2780 of the Revised Statutes of that State (commonly styled “The Nichols Law”), which was amended May 10,. 1894. The law created a state board of appraisers and assessors, consisting of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after stating the case, delivered. the opinion of the court.
*219No difference material to the determination of the controversy exists between the cases, and as matter of convenience the statement refers to the amended act and the records in Nos. 398, 399 and 400.
The contention that the act in question is invalid because repugnant to the constitution of the State of Ohio lias been disposed of by the decision of the highest tribunal of that State sustaining its validity. State v. Jones, 51 Ohio St. 492. These cases fall within no recognized exception to the general rule…
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