...decisions of this court establish that they have a wide range of discretion in that regard. But the classification must be reasonable, not arbitrary,...ground of difference having a fair and substantial re- . lation to the object of the legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced shall be...

...classification are treated with equality and provided further that the classification itself be rested upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation. — Stebbins v. Riley, 268 US 137, 69 L. Ed. 884, 45 Sup. Ct. Rep. 424, 426. may levy a tax upon the...

...classification are treated with equality and provided further that the classification itself be rested upon some ground of difference having a fair and substantial relation to the object of the legislation. Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, supra; FS Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia, 253 US 412. " It...

...based upon gross assets. Gross assets mean nothing in such a problem. . Classification for taxation must rest upon some ground of difference having a...substantial relation to the object of the legislation. Stebbins v. Riley, 268 US 137; Air-Way Electric Co. v. Day, 266 US 71 ; Liggett Co. v. Baldridge, 278...

...property for the purposes of taxation. The court conceded that the state has such power, but held that a classification must be reasonable, not arbitrary,...of the legislation, so that all persons similarly situated shall be treated alike. The court held that the law in question was violative of the equal...

...states from resorting to clnssifieation for the purposes of legislation. It only requires that the classification "must be reasonable, not arbitrary,...the object of the legislation, so that all persons similnrly circumstanced shall be treated alike." Colgate v. Harveji, 296 US 404, 422, 423, and cases...

...purposes of legislation. It only requires that the classification "must be reasonable, not arbitrary, nnd must rest upon some ground of difference having a...the object of the legislation, so that all persons simil-irly circumstanced shall be treated alike." Colaute v. Harre)i. 296 US 404. 422. 423, and cases...

...not render it unconstitutional. P. 584. (6) Within the meaning of the rule that classification murt rest upon some ground of difference having a fair...substantial relation to the object of the legislation, the 'object' in this case is the raising of the revenue. That an appropriation of the funds for relief...

...further ground for the invalidity of the Local Laws the Corporation urges that "the classification must rest upon some ground of difference, having a fair and substantial relation io the object of the legislation.'^ It is asserted, and correctly so, that the Local Laws in question,...

...States from resorting to classification for purposes of legislation; that it requires only that the classification “must be reasonable, not arbitrary,...legislation, so that all persons similarly circumstanced qhall be treated alike.” ‘ Sufficiency of phrase “fair a¿iv1 open oompetition.”—Regarding...