Estate of Madison

Supreme Court of California · Decided 1945-05-31

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*466 SCHAUER, J. I dissent. Under our system of govern ment wherein the basic power reposes in the people as distinguished from the state it is a fundamental principle that “tax proceedings are in invitum, tax laws are strictly construed in favor of the taxpayer and against the state . . . because presumptively the Legislature has given in plain terms all the power intended…

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