Chicago v. Sheldon
Supreme Court of the United States
In error to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois; the case being thus: The constitution of Illinois ordains that taxes shall be levied so that each person shall pay in proportion to the value of bis property; and that where corporate authorities of counties, cities, &c., are authorized to levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes, the taxes shall be uniform in respect to persons and property.
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In error to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois; the case being thus: The constitution of Illinois ordains that taxes shall be levied so that each person shall pay in proportion to the value of bis property; and that where corporate authorities of counties, cities, &c., are authorized to levy and collect taxes for corporate purposes, the taxes shall be uniform in respect to persons and property. With these provisions in force, as fundamental law, the legislature of the State, in February, 1859, authorized the North Chicago City Railway Company to construct and operate a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
It is asserted, on the part of the railway company, that by the true construction of their contract, they are exempt from the assessment made upon their property, and the seventh section of the ordinance of the 23d May, 1859, is referred to and relied on in support of this construction. That section prescribes the obligations and duties of the company in respect to the condition and repairs of the streets during the whole period of the running of the contract, and imposes certain burdens upon it as to repairs, from which, to their extent, the city, or adjoining owners of lots, are relieved.…
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