Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated,... American Law Reports Annotated - Page 2071921Full view - About this book
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 824 pages
...we said in Barbier v. Connolly, 113 US 27, speaking of the fourteenth amendment: 'Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is...similarly situated, is not within the amendment.' " So in the present case the law acts equally upon all in the territory covered by the act. It denies... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 832 pages
...consideration in the present case may be consistently said to be described by the language used; ie, "legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application," but which " within the sphere of its operation affects alike all persons similarly situated." A different... | |
| Law - 1885 - 544 pages
...favoring others, is prohibited by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States; but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose,...persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment. (3) Neither the fourteenth amendment, nor any other amendment to the Constitution of the United States,... | |
| Law - 1892 - 582 pages
...discrimination against some and favoring others, is prohibited, bnt legislation which, in carrying ont a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operatton it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." Missouri v.... | |
| Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...laid upon one than are laid upon others in the same calling and condition * * * Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited; but legislation which, in carrying ont a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation, it affects... | |
| Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 612 pages
...of the State, develop its resources, and add to its wealth and prosperity. . . . Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is...application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." And in Soon King v. Crowly, 113 US 703,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 2132 pages
...In Barbier v. Connolly, 113 US 27, 5 Sup. Ct. 357, 28 L, Ed. 923, it was said : "Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, Is...application, If within the sphere of Its operation It affects all persons similarly situated, is not within the amendment." Such has been the consistent holding... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1094 pages
...Connolly, speaking of the fourteenth amendment: ' Class legislation, discriminât-» ing against some'and favoring others, is pro-»hibited; but legislation...similarly situated, is not within the amendment.' 113 US 27, 32, 5 Sup. Ct. Rep. 357." If presidential electors are appointed by the legislatures, no... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1164 pages
...alike upon all persons and property under the same circumstances and conditions. Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is...similarly situated, is not within the amendment.' This declaration has, in various language, been often repeated, and the power of classification upheld... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 762 pages
...persons or property under the same circumstances and conditions. " Class legislation," said the court, " discriminating against some and favoring others, is...similarly situated, is not within the amendment." " In Soon Hing v. Crowley, 113 US 703, 709, an objection was taken to a similar ordinance of San Francisco,... | |
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