Legal Opinion

Goodrich v. Winchester & Deerfield Turnpike Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1866PublishedCited by 19 opinions

APPEAL from the Randolph Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtGregory, C. J.

Goodrich filed his complaint against the appellees to enjoin the collection of a tax levied against *120him under the act of March 6,1865, “to allow county commissioners to organize turnpike companies,” &c. Acts 1865, pp. 90—93. The constitutionality of this act is the only question presented by the record.

By the third section it is provided that “ all real estate outside of the corporate limits of any town or city, incorporated as such, three-fourths of a mile each side of the proposed road, shall be taxed to construct the said road, in. proportion to the appraisement of the realty that may be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Providence Bank v. BillingsSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
  3. Anderson v. Kerns Draining Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1860

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Palmer v. StumphIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  2. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Adams v. City of ShelbyvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Gilson v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Town of Macon v. PattyMississippi Supreme Court · 1879

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