MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
The complainant objects to the legality of the taxes upon the ground, among others, that the acts of the Virginia legislature, under which they were levied, violated the provisions of the constitution of that State, and were, therefore, entirely invalid. These objections are, as we think, untenable. They are technical, and relate to alleged defects in the titles...
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