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Meriwether Vs. Garrett
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- US Supreme Court
- Jan 01, 1880
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U.S. 472 (1880) U.S. Supreme Court Meriwether v. GarrettSearch
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U.S. 472 (1880) Meriwether v. GarrettSearch
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is no such thing as a vested right held by any individual in the grant of legislative power to them. United States v. RailroadSearch
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Commissioners v. LucasSearch
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People v. MorrisSearch
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Philadelphia v. FoxSearch
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Montpelier v. EastSearch
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before those who succeed to his rights can share in its distribution. The language used by us in the case of Broughton v. PensacolaSearch
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Schaffer v. CadwalladerSearch
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City of Davenport v. PeoriaSearch
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Askins v. CommonwealthSearch
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payment of the creditors of the corporation. Taxes are not debts. It was so held by this Court in the case of Oregon v. LaneSearch
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of debt may be instituted for their recovery. The form of procedure cannot change their character. City of Augusta v. NorthSearch
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City of Camden v. AllenSearch
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Perry v. WashburnSearch
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to obey existing law. In neither case are the taxes liens upon property unless made so by statute. Philadelphia v. GrebleSearch
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Howell v. PhiladelphiaSearch
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not new in this Court. It has been repeatedly asserted, after the most mature consideration. It was asserted in Ress v. CitySearch
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U. S. 19 Wall. 107, 86 U. S. 116 . In the case of Heine v. TheSearch
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of their own, the federal courts cannot by reason of it take any additional powers which are not judicial. In Rees v. CitySearch
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courts of equity, at least the circuit courts of the United States, cannot by their own officers levy a tax. Rees v. CitySearch
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duties, it may be admitted, the legislature has plenary authority. Over its private obligations it has not. Bailey v. PageSearch
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Small v. TheSearch
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Oliver v. WorcesterSearch
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And this rule is applicable to cases in which a municipal corporation has been nominated the trustee. Girard v. PhiladelphiaSearch
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So in Batesville Institute v. KauffmanSearch
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In Broughton v. PensacolaSearch
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So in Curran v. ArkansasSearch
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Maenhout v. NewSearch
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In Beckwith v. RacineSearch
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of being diverted to other uses by the legislation of the state. This law has again and again been declared. Grogan v. SanSearch
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Board of Park Commissioners v. CommonSearch
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City of Dubuque v. IllSearch
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do not contend that a court of equity can itself levy a tax. I agree it cannot, and so this Court has decided. Rees v. CitySearch
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or, when it is a lien, by a bill of equity. Such certainly is the law of Tennessee. Mayor & Aldermen of Jonesboro v. McKeeSearch
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Rutledge v. FoggSearch
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Marr v. TheSearch
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of West Tennessee, 4 id. 487. The imposition of a tax, creates a legal obligation to pay. In Savings Bank v. UnitedSearch
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Von Hoffman v. CitySearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Meriwether v. GarrettSearch
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United States v. RailroadSearch
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of Broughton v. PensacolaSearch
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of Oregon v. LaneSearch
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City of Augusta v. NorthSearch
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Philadelphia v. GrebleSearch
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Ress v. CitySearch
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of Heine v. TheSearch
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In Rees v. CitySearch
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