KNIGHTS V. JACKSON, 260 U. S. 12 (1922)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Knights v. Jackson, 260 U.S. 12 (1922)
Knights v. Jackson
No. 167
Argued October 3, 1922
Decided October 16, 1922
260 U.S. 12
Syllabus
The objection that a tax on a special class of persons and property for a public purpose by which they are not benefited is a taking of property without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment does not apply to the general income tax of Massachusetts (Acts, 1916, c. 269, §§ 2, 5(b), as amended, 1919, c. 324, § 1) and use of funds so derived (Acts, 1919, c. 363) to reimburse cities and towns for increase of educational salaries. P. 260 U. S. 14.
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