Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. Debolt
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up from the District Court of the State of Ohio, in and for the county of Hamilton, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act.
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This case was brought up from the District Court of the State of Ohio, in and for the county of Hamilton, by a writ of error issued under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. The court was held by the Honorable John A. Corwin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, presiding, and the Honorable Alfred G. W. Garter, and the Honorable Edward Woodruff, and the Honorable John B. Stalle,- Judges of the Court of Coxñmon Pleas, in and for the county of Hamilton', associates. The following certificate, which was a part of the record, explains the nature of the case : And thereupon,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
In this case the judgment’of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio'is affirmed. But the majority of the court who give this judgment, do not altogether agree in the principles upon which it ought to be maintained. I proceed, therefore, to state my own opinion, in which I am authorized to say my brother Grier entirely concurs.
In 1851, the Legislature of Ohio passed an act “ to tax banks and bank and other stocks, the same as other property.” The act makes it the duty of the president and cashier of every banking institution having the right to issue bills or notes for circulation annually to…
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