Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Breckenridge v. Fleming

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1903No. Nos. 13,495, 13,496PublishedCited by 36 opinions

Original applications for units of mandamus to the tax commissioner of the city of Omaha.

1Opinion of the Court

Sullivan, O. J.

The question to be decided in these cases is not whether particular provisions of chapter 73 of the laws of 1903 are. valid or ideally just, but Avhether the act, considered as a *524whole, is a constitutional expression of the legislative will. Objection is specially urged against those sections of the act defining the manner in which insurance companies are to be taxed, and it is said that the law discriminates against the property of foreign insurance companies and in favor of domestic corporations of that character. Relating to the provisions of sections 59 and 60, it is plain…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Pembina Consolidated Silver Mining & Milling Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  3. Supervisors v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Philadelphia Fire Assn. v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Ratterman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Laclede Gas Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1953
  2. Fire Ass'n of Philadelphia v. LoveTexas Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Gamboni v. County of OtoeNebraska Supreme Court · 1954
  4. State ex rel. Smrha v. General American Life InsuranceNebraska Supreme Court · 1937
  5. New England Mut. Life Ins. v. ReeceTennessee Supreme Court · 1935

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