Case Name: H. Sage Valentine, as Auditor, and A. J. Kiner, as Treasurer, v. The Canada Life Assurance Company
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1922-12-26
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 72
Docket Number: No. 17129
Parties: H. Sage Valentine, as Auditor, and A. J. Kiner, as Treasurer, v. The Canada Life Assurance Company.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Hugh, Wanamaker, Jones, Mat thias and Clark, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 72–72

Head Matter:
No. 17129
H. Sage Valentine, as Auditor, and A. J. Kiner, as Treasurer, v. The Canada Life Assurance Company.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county.
CRIMINAL LAW — Imprisonment at “hard labor” for offense of under 1654 GC not unlawful — U. S. Court, 5th amendent, not a limitation on criminal porcedure.

Opinion:
ROBINSON, J.:
Section 5437, General Code, contravenes the provision of Section 2, Article XII of the Constitution of Ohio, "Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise, and also all real and personal property according to its true value in money."
Judgment reversed.
Marshall, C. J., Hugh, Wanamaker, Jones, Mat thias and Clark, JJ., concur.