Hanson v. Vernon
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Henry District Court. Constitutional law : — local taxation in aid ok railroads. Petition in Equity, by resident property owners and tax payers against the township trustees and clerk to enjoin further proceedings under the act of March 22, 1868 (Laws 1868, ch. 48, p 54), authorizing local aid to railroads. A copy of this act- is set out in the margin.* An The present appeal is by the plaintiff, from the order of the District Court dissolving the injunction.
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Appeal from Henry District Court. Constitutional law : — local taxation in aid ok railroads. Petition in Equity, by resident property owners and tax payers against the township trustees and clerk to enjoin further proceedings under the act of March 22, 1868 (Laws 1868, ch. 48, p 54), authorizing local aid to railroads. A copy of this act- is set out in the margin.* An The present appeal is by the plaintiff, from the order of the District Court dissolving the injunction. Other attorneys than those interested in the cause itself had leave to, and did, submit arguments on the constitutional…
1Opinion of the Court
Dillon, Ch. J.
l. taxation : tion of railroads: constitutionai law. The only question presented by the record necessary to be decided is, whether the statute of March 22d 1868 (Laws of 1868, ch. 48, p. 54), authorizing local aid to railroads, is a . , • constitutional enactment ?
With possibly one exception, no question in the judicial history of the State has arisen which rivals the present in importance, whether it be considered with reference to the grave principles of constitutional law it involves, or the vast material interests, present and future, which it affects. It has been argued on…
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