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NEW ORLEANS CITY &C. v. NEW ORLEANS

No. 119.

143 U.S. 192 (1892)

NEW ORLEANS CITY AND LAKE RAILROAD COMPANY v. NEW ORLEANS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Buck for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.B. Sommerville for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Exemption from taxation is never to be presumed. The legislature itself cannot be held to have intended to surrender the taxing power, unless its intention to do so has been declared in clear and unmistakable words. Vicksburg &c. Railroad v. Dennis, 116 U.S. 665, 668, and cases cited. Assuming...

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