Meyer v. Lynde-Bowman-Darby Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Brror from District Court, Muskogee County; R. P. deGraffenreid, Judge. Action by Lynde-Bowman-Darby Company and others against Leo Meyer, as State Auditor, and the County Clerk and County Treasurer of Muskogee county, to restrain them from levying and collecting the so-called graduated land tax. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
AMES, Special J.
The question involved in this case is the validity of the act of May 26, 1908, entitled, “An act to provide for a graduated tax on land holdings in excess of six hundred forty acres of average taxable lands, and a graduated tax upon the incomes, rents, and profits of lands held by lease or rental contract in excess of six hundred and forty acres, and providing procedure for collection thereof.” (Sess. Laws 1907-08, p. 725). Many objections are raised to the act, and are argued elaborately at the bar, but we find it necessary to pass on only one: Is the act in conflict with…
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