Phillip Wagner, Inc. v. Leser
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of Maryland and a tax levy thereunder on property in Baltimore for improving the paving of streets in -that city, are stated in the opinion. A legislature cannot bind parties interested by a recital of facts, or prescribed conclusive rules of -evidence, for either of these would be only an indirect method of disposing of controversies. Cooley, Const.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OP MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of a statute of Maryland and a tax levy thereunder on property in Baltimore for improving the paving of streets in -that city, are stated in the opinion. A legislature cannot bind parties interested by a recital of facts, or prescribed conclusive rules of -evidence, for either of these would be only an indirect method of disposing of controversies. Cooley, Const. Law, 46. Due process of law is not confined to judicial proceedings. The article of the Constitution is a restraint on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Phillip Wagner, a corporation, filed its bill on behalf of itself and other taxpayers owning property in Baltimore City, adjoining or abutting upon a public highway which has been paved with improved paving without having been assessed -for any part of the cost thereof, and who are similarly situated with the complainant, who is the owner of certain real estate, improved by seven two-story dwelling houses, situated on Philadelphia Road, a public highway within the limits of Baltimore City, which property abuts and adjoins upon the public highway, which had been paved with improved paving,…
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