RAILROAD COMPANY v. PENISTON


85 U.S. 5 (1873)

18 Wall. 5

RAILROAD COMPANY v. PENISTON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.M. Evarts, for the appellant:

Mr. J.M. Woolworth, contra:


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the judgment of the court.

That the taxing power of a State is one of its attributes of sovereignty; that it exists independently of the Constitution of the United States, and underived from that instrument; and that it may be exercised to an unlimited extent upon all property, trades, business, and avocations existing or carried on within the territorial boundaries of the State, except so far as...

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