| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 786 pages
...town was a sufficient public benefit to warrant the imposition of the tax. Mr. Justice Miller said: ''If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town by establishing manufactories, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital or labor.... | |
| Economics - 1881 - 446 pages
...it taxation. Beyond a cavil there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. * * * If it be said that a benefit results to the local...labor. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the builder, the steamboat-owner, are equally promoters of the public good and equally deserving the aid... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 896 pages
...purpose. If it be said, that a benefit resulU to the local public of a town by establishing manufactories, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit...innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat owners are equally promoters of the public good, and equally deserving the aid of the citizens by forced... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...there is no difficulty in holding that this is not such a public purpose as we have been considering. If it be said that a benefit results to the local...pursuit which employs capital or labor The merchant, the mechanic.thc innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat owner, are equally promoters of the... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...there is no difficult}' in holding that this is not such a public purpose as we have been considering. If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town by establish ing manufactures, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Taxation - 1886 - 1100 pages
...Scuffletown Fence Co. v. McAllister, 12 Bush, 318. such a public purpose as we have been considering. If it be said that a benefit results to the local...may be said of any other business or pursuit which emplo}^ capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat... | |
| Columbia University. Faculty of Political Science - Electronic journals - 1886 - 760 pages
...famous Loan Association vs. Topeka case, Justice Miller gave the decision of the court as follows : If it be said that a benefit results to the local...manufactures, the same may be said of any other business which employs labor and capital. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker, the builder,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - Tariff - 1888 - 860 pages
...In that case he calls attention to a very large number of authorities. Judge Miller nays further : " If it be said that a benefit results to the local...steam-boat owner, are equally promoters of the public good, aud equally deserving the aid of the citizens by forced contributions. No line can be drawn in favor... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - Tariff - 1888 - 848 pages
...very large number of authorities. Judge Miller says further : " If it be said that a benefit reenlts to the local public of a town by «establishing manufactures,...employs capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic, tho innkeeper, tho banker, the builder, the steam-boat owner, are equally promoters of the public good,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - Tariff - 1888 - 904 pages
...In that case he calls attention to a very large number of authorities. Judge Miller says further: " If it be said that a benefit results to the local...a town by establishing manufactures, the same may bo said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic,... | |
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