...Is made, or Is about to be made, that the виш во fixed is In excess of the benefits received. Desty Robert" Robert Desty `company shall not...proofs of loss had been made. The defendant furth compensation. We say "substantial excess," because exact equality of taxation Is not always attainable;...

...prohibiting the taking of property without due process of law. In Norwood v. Baker it was said that "the exaction from the owner of private property of...excess, a taking, under the guise of taxation, of priTate property for public use without compensation," and that the assessment involved in that case,...

...Mr. Justice Harían in Norwood v. Baker, 172 IT. S. 2C9, 270, 10 Sup. Ct. 187, 43 L. Ed. 443, that "the exaction from the owner of private property of...property for public use, without compensation." The eminent jurist used the words "substantial excess" advisedly, because, as he explains, "exact equality...

...the court conceded that the true rule was that an "assessment must be tested by benefits, and that the exaction from the owner of private property of...taxation, of private property for public use without compensation" ; holding, however, that the statute under which the assessment was made did require...

...public improvement, in substantial excess of the special benefits accruing to him, is, to the extent oi such excess, a taking under the guise of taxation,...property for public use without compensation. The value of the entire benefits conferred upon the property may be assessed upon the land for the cost...

...improvement in a sum materially exceeding the special benefits which that property may derive from the work. The court said: "In our judgment, the exaction from...taxation of private property for public use without compensation." It has been uniformly held that such assessments rest upon the ground that the benefits...

...that kind is made or is about to be made, that the sum so fixed is in excess of the benefits received. In our judgment, the exaction from the owner of private...taxation, of private property for public use without compensation. We say "substantial excess," because exact equality of taxation is not always attainable,...

...benefits received. In our judgment, the exaction from the owner of private property of the costs of public Improvement in substantial excess of the special...taxation, of private property for public use without compensation. We say substantial excess, because exact equality of taxation Is not attainable, and...

...property assessed, and that even if permitted by the statute of Iowa, such an assessment constitutes a taking, under the guise of taxation, of private property for public use without just compensation, and is therefore void under the Federal Constitution as amounting to a taking of...

...improvement in a sum materially exceeding the special benefits which that property may derive from the work. The court said: "In our judgment, the exaction from...taxation of private property for public use without compensation." It has been uniformly held that such assessments rest upon the grounds that the benefits...