State v. U. S. & Canada Express Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Debt, on Gen. Laws, c. 63. The question of the constitutionality of the statute was reserved.
1Opinion of the Court
This case requires us to decide upon the constitutionality of c. 63, Gen. Laws. Whether, under any circumstances, the statute in question could be regarded as an exercise of the police power, we need not inquire. It is obvious it was not so intended or understood, either by the tax commissioners who reported it or the legislature by which it was enacted, or the commissioners under whose direction it was incorporated with the statutes in the volume of the General Laws. The report of the tax commissioners affords abundant evidence of their understanding that it was a statute solely for raising…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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