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Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Barber Asphalt Co., 197 U.S. 430 (1905)
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Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Barber Asphalt Co., 197 U.S. 430 (1905)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company v. Barber Asphalt Paving Company No. 170 Argued March 7-8, 1905 Decided April 3, 1905 197 U.S. 430
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY
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In determining whether an improvement does or does not benefit property within the assessment district, the land should be considered simply in it general relations, and apart from its particular use at the time, and an assessment, otherwise legal, for grading, paving, and curbing an adjoining street is not void under the Fourteenth Amendment because the lot is not benefited by the improvement owing to its present particular use.
A system of delusive exactness should not be extracted from the very general language of the Fourteenth Amendment in order to destroy methods of taxation which were well known when the amendment was adopted, and which no one then supposed would be disturbed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Barber Asphalt Co., 197 U.S. 430 (1905) in 197 U.S. 430 197 U.S. 432. Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2EVMTHWZWLAT3NS.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Barber Asphalt Co., 197 U.S. 430 (1905), in 197 U.S. 430, page 197 U.S. 432. Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2EVMTHWZWLAT3NS.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Barber Asphalt Co., 197 U.S. 430 (1905). cited in 1905, 197 U.S. 430, pp.197 U.S. 432. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2EVMTHWZWLAT3NS.
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