Kidd v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
EREOK TO THE SOPEEME COUET OF THE STATE OF AT.A RAMA. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action for taxes brought by the State of Alabama against the executrix of the will of a citizen of Alabama. It appears on the record that the property in dispute is stock in railroads incorporated in other States than Alabama, and that the objection was taken seasonably by plea and by requests for instructions to the jury that 'the tax was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, because no similar tax was levied on the gtock of domestic railroads or of foreign railroads doing business in that State. Demurrers to the pleas were sustained, there was a verdict for the…
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