Savings & Loan Society v. Multnomah County, 169 U.S. 421 (1898)

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Savings and Loan Society v. Multnomah County


No. 69


Argued October 29, 1897
Decided March 7, 1898
169 U.S. 421

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

Syllabus

The statute of Oregon of October 26, 1882, taxing mortgages of lands in that state to the mortgagees in the county where the land lies, does not, as applied to mortgages owned by citizens of other states and in their possession outside of the Oregon, contravene the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

The case is stated in the opinion.