Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Board of Supervisors

This case, in its main features, does not differ from the case of The Supervisors of Bureau County v. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, ante, p. 229.

1 That case upholds the principle of uniformity of taxation, as the central and dominant object of the Constitution in the assessment of taxes, and requires that principle to be fully carried out, • as far as practicable, in respect to all property, without regard to ownership. While it is not expected that entire correctness can be reached in imposing taxes, still an approximation, at least, to equality and uniformity, can and…