Excerpt from The Revolution of 20th May, 1895: Read Before Tennessee Bar Association, July 19, 1895
A majority of the eight Justices sitting had concurred in the Opinion that the law in question, so far as it levies a tax: on the rents or income of real estate is in violation of the constitution, and is void.
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