American Steel & Wire Co. v. Speed
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TENNESSEE. The facts are stated in the opinion of court. In the construction of the constitution or statutory law of a State, this court follows the uniform decisions of the highest court in such State, notwithstanding this court would have reached a different conchision from an application of the principles of general jurisprudence. Morley v. Lake Shore, etc., Ry. Co., 146 U. S. 162; Miller v. Swann, 150 U. S. 132; Balt.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP TENNESSEE. The facts are stated in the opinion of court. In the construction of the constitution or statutory law of a State, this court follows the uniform decisions of the highest court in such State, notwithstanding this court would have reached a different conchision from an application of the principles of general jurisprudence. Morley v. Lake Shore, etc., Ry. Co., 146 U. S. 162; Miller v. Swann, 150 U. S. 132; Balt. Traction Co. v. Balt. Belt R. R. Co., 151 U. S. 137; Marchant v. Penna. R. R. Co., 153 U. S. 380; Fallbrook Irrigation Dist. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
delivered the opinion of the court.-
Whether the plaintiff in error is entitled to recover the sum of certain taxes which-were paid under protest, on the ground that the taxes were repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, is the question for decision on this record.
Section 28, article IT, of the constitution of the State of Tennessee, so far as pertinent to the issue to be decided, is as follows;
“All property, real, personal or mixed, shall be taxed. . . All' property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the legislature shall direct,…
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