Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Co. v. Powers
Citations
- 191 U.S. 379
- 24 S. Ct. 107
- 48 L. Ed. 229
- 1903 U.S. LEXIS 1459
Syllabus
<p>A provision in a general tax law that railroads thereafter building and operating a road north of a certain parallel shall be exempted from the tax for ten years, unless the gross earnings shall exceed a certain sum, is not addressed as a covenant to such railroads and does not constitute a contract with them, the obligations of which cannot be impaired consistently with the Constitution of the United States.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “the legislature is not making promises, but framing a scheme of public revenue and public improvement”
- “the legislature is not making promises, but framing a scheme of public revenue and public improvement”
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Judges: Holmes, White
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