Central Railroad v. Baird

The opinion of the court was delivered by

(tUJQíekg, Chiee Justice.

The several plaintiffs in error, who were the prosecutors below, attack by these proceedings the constitutionality of three supplements to the act for the taxation of railroad and canal property, approved respectively on the 5th of April, the 18th of April and the 18th of *773May, in the year 1906. The original act was passed in the year 1884. The scheme of taxation provided by it was as follows: After declaring that all the property of any railroad or canal company not used for railroad or canal purposes should be assessed and…