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| United States. Circuit Court (5th Circuit), William Burnham Woods - 1880 - 844 sidor
...come in conflict with their acknowledged power to tax persons and property within their territories. The power and the restriction on it, though quite...approach each other may yet, like the intervening colors between black and white approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding as colors perplex... | |
| Chauncey F. Black, Samuel B. Smith - 1881 - 556 sidor
...imports, and their acknowledged power to tax persons and property, but the Court observed that the two, though quite distinguishable when they do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding, as colors perplex... | |
| Ignacio Luis Vallarta - 1881 - 520 sidor
...within their territory. The power, and the restriction on it, though quite distingnishable when thoy do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colours between whito and black, approach so ncarly as to perplex the tmderstanding, as colours perplex the vision... | |
| 1885 - 1000 sidor
...supra, chief justice Marshall, referring to this distinction, says: "The power and the restriction upon it, though quite distinguishable when they do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding, as colors perplex... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 1074 sidor
...imports, and their acknowledged power to tax persons and property ; but the court observed, that the two, though quite distinguishable when they do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding, as colors perplex... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1888 - 766 sidor
...restriction, though distinguishable when they did not approach each other, might, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding as colors perplex the vision, in marking the distinction between them : but as the distinction existed,... | |
| District of Columbia. Supreme Court (1863-1936), Franklin Hubbell Mackey - 1891 - 652 sidor
...conflict with their acknowledged power to tax persons and property within their territory. The power and restriction on it, though quite distinguishable when...approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding as colors perplex... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 938 sidor
...and involves the distinction which exists between the commercial power and the police power, which "though quite distinguishable when they do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding, as colors perplex... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 810 sidor
...and involves the distinction which exists between the commercial power and the police power, which '•though quite distinguishable when they do not approach each other, may yet, like the intervening colors between white and black, approach so nearly as to perplex the understanding, as colors perplex... | |
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