People v. The Black Diamond Coal Mining Co.
Citations
- 37 Cal. 54
Syllabus
<p>Possessory Claim to Public Land Taxable.—A possession of and claim to public land of the United States is property, and as such is taxable to the claimant, without violating the Act of Congress by which this State was admitted into the Union.</p> <p>Idem—Revenue Act.—So much of the General Revenue Act as exempts possessory claims and improvements upon the public lands from taxation is unconstitutional and void. (People v. McQreery, 34 Cal. 433, and People v. Gerhe, 35 Cal. 677, affirmed.)</p>
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