Given v. Wright
Citations
- 117 U.S. 648
- 6 S. Ct. 907
- 29 L. Ed. 1021
- 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1885
Syllabus
<p>An exemption from taxation granted by the government to an individual is a franchise, which' can be lost by acquiescence under tlife imposition of taxes for a period long enough to raise a conclusive presumption of a surrender' of the privilege; and such acquiescence for a period of st^ty years (and, indeed, for a much shorter period) raises such a presumption.’</p>
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- when “the land was sold to other parties in fee simple absolute, the abnormal qualities of the Indian tenure were extinguished, and all the conditions which rendered exemption from taxes requisite and proper ceased to exist.”
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Judges: Bradley
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