Baltimore Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Baltimore

Citations

• 195 U.S. 375
• 25 S. Ct. 50
• 49 L. Ed. 242
• 1904 U.S. LEXIS 727

Syllabus

<p>A State may tax different estates in land to the different parties thereto and sell only the interest of the party making default.</p> <p>A State may tax the interest of a company owning a dry dock in land conveyed to it by the United States notwithstanding there is a condition subsequent the nonfulfillment whereof would result in forfeiture and reversion to the United States and the United States has a continuing right to usé the dry dock for certain purposes.</p>