A Practical Treatise on the Power to Sell Land for the Non-payment of Taxes: Embracing the Decisions of the Federal Courts, and of the Supreme Judicial Tribunals of the Several States |
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... according to the theory of our system , receives a just compensation in the benefits con- ferred by the government , in the proper application of the tax . When , however , property is appropriated by virtue of the right of eminent ...
... according to the theory of our system , receives a just compensation in the benefits con- ferred by the government , in the proper application of the tax . When , however , property is appropriated by virtue of the right of eminent ...
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... according to their respective numbers , to be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons ( including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed ) , three - fifths of all other persons ...
... according to their respective numbers , to be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons ( including those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed ) , three - fifths of all other persons ...
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... according to the provisions of the Constitution . As money is property , the collection of every tax is taking property from the citizen , and to be legal , must be referable to one of the two modes above mentioned . The principle of ...
... according to the provisions of the Constitution . As money is property , the collection of every tax is taking property from the citizen , and to be legal , must be referable to one of the two modes above mentioned . The principle of ...
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... according to the course of the civil law . Lord Coke said , that " to judge a man in a civil or criminal case , without affording him an oppor- tunity to be heard in his own defence , would be against this provision . " 1 That this was ...
... according to the course of the civil law . Lord Coke said , that " to judge a man in a civil or criminal case , without affording him an oppor- tunity to be heard in his own defence , would be against this provision . " 1 That this was ...
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... according to the " law of the land . " The same principle was applied by the Supreme Court of Illinois , upon this state of facts : The legislature passed a special act authorizing A. to sell and convey the lands of an intestate , or a ...
... according to the " law of the land . " The same principle was applied by the Supreme Court of Illinois , upon this state of facts : The legislature passed a special act authorizing A. to sell and convey the lands of an intestate , or a ...
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11 Illinois acres adverse possession advertisement applied assessment assessor authority bond certificate circuit court citizen clerk collector common law complied Connecticut Constitution construction convey conveyance court held court of equity Curtenius declared defendant delinquent delivered divested duty equity evidence execution exercise facie fact femes covert former owner Gilman Hampshire heirs held void Howard U. S. interest Johnson Judge judgment jury justice land sold law requires legislature levy Massachusetts ment notice officer Ohio onus probandi party pay the tax payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession prescribed principle proceedings proprietor prove provisions purchaser question recited record redeem redemption rule sale was held sheriff sheriff's deed Smedes sold for taxes South Carolina statute required Stead's Executors strict Supreme Court tax deed tax sale tax title taxation taxes due thereof tion town validity Vermont vested Watts & Sergeant
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Page 17 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 23 - That they were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 197 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
Page 19 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 22 - The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property and immunities, under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not, therefore, to be considered the law of the land. If this were so, acts of attainder, bills of pains and penalties, acts of confiscation, acts reversing judgments, and acts directly transferring one man's estate to another, legislative judgments, decrees and forfeitures in all possible...
Page 8 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 637 - ... in the city of Chicago, in the County of Cook, and State of Illinois...
Page 15 - The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial, and no person or collection of persons being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 11 - That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause, of the accusation against him; to meet the witnesses face to face; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor...
Page 11 - That the people have a right to assemble together in a peaceable manner to consult for their common good, to instruct their Representatives, and to apply to the Legislature for a redress of grievances.