State ex rel. Stoutmeyer v. Duffy – Nevada, 1872 (7 Nev. 342); McKinney v. State – Wyoming, 1892 (30 P. 293)
| “The law is not general which does not embrace all persons similar situated or conditioned, and that the mere matter of color does not place a negro in a condition or situation which, in legal contemplation, is different from other citizens. … All who pay taxes at all contribute to the establishment and support of the schools, and as one of the most inestimable blessings of the social compact, all are interested in the enjoyment of the advantages which they afford.”- Justice _, in Stoutmeyer “Since equality in the enjoyment of natural and civil rights is only made sure through political equality, the laws of this state affecting the political rights and privileges of its citizens shall be without distinction of race, color, sex, or any circumstance or condition whatsoever.”– Wyoming Constitution, 1890 |
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