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Maxwell Vs. Bugbee
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-27-1919
Maxwell v. Bugbee - 250 U.S. 525 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Maxwell v. Bugbee, 250 U.S. 525 (1919) Maxwell v. Bugbee Nos. 43, 238 Argued March 18, 19, 1919 Decided October 27, 1919 250 U.S. 525 ERROR TO THE COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY Syllabus Article IV, 2, par. 1, of the Constitution was intended to prevent discrimination by the several states against citizens of other states in respect of the fundamental privileges of citizenship. P. 250 U. S. 537 . Page 250 U. S. 526 The Fourteenth Amendment recognizes a distinction between citizenship of the United States and citizenship of one of the states, and its purpose in declaring that no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States is not to transfer to the Federal government the protection of civil rights inherent in state citizenship, but to secure those privileges and immunities that owe their existence to the federal gove...
Central of Georgia Ry. Co. Vs. Wright
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-27-1919
Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Wright - 250 U.S. 519 (1919) U.S. Supreme Court Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Wright, 250 U.S. 519 (1919) Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Wright No. 30 Reargued October 13, 14, 1919 Decided October 27, 1919 250 U.S. 519 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA Syllabus The provisions in the charters granted in 1845 to the Southwestern and Muscogee Railroads limiting their tax liabilities to a certain percent of net income are to be construed like similar provisions in the earlier charters of the Augusta & Waynesboro (1838) et al. ( cf. s.c., 248 U. S. 248 U.S. 525; Wright v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co., 236 U. S. 674 ) as extending to a lessee, there being no ground to hold that the policy of the legislature had changed in the interim, although provisions in the earlier charters affording express evidence that it contemplated the income derived from letting as well as that from using and sharing the railroads are absent ...
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