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· 3/19/1923

Federal Land Bank of New Orleans v. Crosland

Citations

  • 261 U.S. 374
  • 43 S. Ct. 385
  • 67 L. Ed. 703
  • 1923 U.S. LEXIS 2568
  • 29 A.L.R. 1

Syllabus

<p>1. A first mortgage executed tó a Federal Land Bank is an instrumentality of the Government and cannot be subjected to a state recording tax. P. 377.</p> <p>2. Payment of a tax made a condition to .'the recording of a mortgage is not optional where, under the state law, failure to record would override the mortgage in favor of any purchaser without notice. P. 377.'</p>

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  • state may not tax mortgage recordation where federal statute prohibits a tax on the mortgage itself

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Judges: Holmes

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