A Treatise on the Power of Special Taxation: A Critical Analysis of Special Taxes for Local and Public Improvements, Considered with Reference to the Constitution, State and Federal, and the Restrictions Therein Contained (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Power of Special Taxation: A Critical Analysis of Special Taxes for Local and Public Improvements, Considered With Reference to the Constitution, State and Federal, and the Restrictions Therein Contained

Before the citizen can be compelled to give up his property in the interest of the public good under any legislative act, the evidence should leave no reasonable doubt as to the fact, the character and amount of bene fit. The evidence should be the same as that required to prove a resulting trust. The unlimited power of the English Parliament should not have been given to our city councils. But our city governments in the United States have and exercise greater power. No Parlia ment in England from Runnymede to the present hour has ever yet undertaken to make an actual damage a real benefit.

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