people state new york graves argued february decided march appeal state new york maurice cohn new york city appellant people state new york graves joseph mesnig albany appellees justice stone delivered opinion case presents question whether state may constitutionally tax resident upon income received rents land located without state interest bonds physically without state secured mortgages upon lands similarly situated section article new york tax law added imposes tax upon net income residents state section gross income defined including interest rent section amended laws enumerates among items taxable income including rent derived real property situated outside state intended include foregoing items without regard source thereof location property involved factor except case inclusion thereof violative constitutional restrictions appellant resident new york brought present certiorari proceeding courts new york review determination state tax commission appellees denying application refund state income taxes assessed paid years far taxes attributable rents received appellant new jersey land interest paid bonds secured mortgaged real estate new jersey bonds mortgages physically located ground recovery tax assigned appellant petition tax substance effect tax real estate tangible property located without state violation fourteenth amendment constitution judgment appellant see reversed new york appeals case comes appeal section judicial code amended stipulation facts case tried state indicate appellant income taxed new jersey define precise nature interest properties producing income sets appellant husband died testate duly probated new jersey bequeathing said taxpayer entire net income estate widowhood taxed income included testator real estate testator real estate mortgages located new jersey terms status estate tax years otherwise appear nothing show incomeproducing properties years held upon active trust appellant receive income life tenant legal interest see paletz camden safe deposit trust cf passman guarantee trust westfield trust beekman uncertainty arising ambiguity stipulation present significance put rest concession appellant brief open argument owner life estate interest properties received part income tax years rents interest collected executors acting capacity executors agents annual compensation case may assume present purposes new york may levy property tax upon appellant interest whether legal equitable see senior braden safe deposit trust virginia accordingly limit review question considered decided state whether anything fourteenth amendment precludes state new york taxing income merely derived sources extent indicated located outside state income rents receipt income resident territory taxing sovereignty taxable event universally recognized domicil affords basis taxation enjoyment privileges residence state attendant right invoke protection laws inseparable responsibility sharing costs government pay civilized society see compania general de tabacos collector tax measured net income residents equitable method distributing burdens government among privileged enjoy benefits tax apportioned ability taxpayer pay founded upon protection afforded state recipient income person right receive income enjoyment received rights privileges attach domicil within state equitable distribution tax burden economic advantage realized receipt income represented power control bears direct relationship see lawrence state tax maguire trefry virginia imperial coal sales compare shaffer carter neither privilege burden affected character source income derived reason income necessarily clothed tax immunity enjoyed source state may tax residents upon net income business whose physical assets located wholly without state beyond taxing power lawrence state tax supra see shaffer carter supra page may tax net income bonds held trust administered another state maguire trefry supra although taxpayer equitable interest may subjected tax safe deposit trust virginia supra may tax net income operations interstate commerce although tax commerce forbidden glue town oak creek shaffer carter supra congress may lay tax net income derived business exporting merchandise foreign commerce although tax upon articles exported prohibited constitutional provision article cl peck lowe barclay edwards neither analysis two types taxes consideration bases upon power impose rests supports contention tax income tax land produces incidence tax income differs tax property neither tax dependent upon possession taxpayer subject income may taxed although owns property property may taxed although produces income two taxes measured different standards one amount income received period time value property particular date income taxed property may taxed recurrently tax predicated upon different governmental benefits protection offered property one state extend receipt enjoyment income another pressing protection due process clause throws around taxpayer far say state prohibited taxing land neither protects controls likewise prohibited taxing receipt command income land resident subject control enjoys benefits laws imposition different taxes different upon distinct separable taxable interests subject objection double taxation successfully urged cases two laid tax upon property interest intangibles upon transfer death safe deposit trust virginia supra farmers loan trust minnesota baldwin missouri beidler south carolina tax commission first national bank maine considerations lead conclusion income derived real estate may taxed recipient place domicil irrespective location land state rightly upheld tax nothing said decided pollock farmers loan trust calls different conclusion question decision whether federal tax income derived rents land direct tax requiring apportionment article section clause constitution holding tax rest decision upon ground tax tax land subject every limitation constitution imposes property taxes determined purposes apportionment similarities operation two kinds tax made appropriate classify direct within constitutional command see pollock farmers loan trust supra pp brushaber union pacific union refrigerator transit kentucky decided ten years pollock case present question thought foreclosed parity reasoning immunity instrumentalities one government state national taxation extended income thought tax whether instrumentality income produced equally burden operations government see collector day wall pollock farmers loan trust supra gillespie oklahoma seen follow tax land tax income derived identical incidence rest upon basis taxing power controlling factors determining whether either tax infringes due process senior braden supra appellant relies question taxation income involved concession counsel rested opinion interest taxed interest land situate within without state tax invalid held interest represented certificates subjected tax equitable interest land subject tax receipt income resident taxing state within taxing power even though derived property beyond reach income bonds secured new jersey mortgages said power tax income land without state decisive objection taxation income interest bonds secured mortgages land without state compare kirtland hotchkiss appellant also argues interest bonds immune taxation new york acquired business situs new jersey within doctrine new orleans stemple metropolitan life ins new orleans wheeling steel corporation fox contention pertinent present case supported record stipulation facts discloses bonds mortgages located new jersey see baldwin missouri supra blodgett silberman burden rested taxpayer present facts establish situs beidler south carolina tax commission retroactive application tax appellant insists upholding tax upon income state infringed due process giving retroactive effect amendment section new york tax law specifically declared rents embraced taxable income section amendment include rent real property without state support contention appellant points decision people ex rel pierson lynch affirming pierson lynch rents land outside state taxed section amendment dismissal writ certiorari review judgment want properly presented federal question lynch state new york ex rel pierson unnecessary us determine whether extent state sustaining tax case rested decision amendment whether regarded anything clarifying act pointing meaning properly attributable section amendment record disclose appellant raised state objection presses retroactive application statute reviewing judgment state pass upon federal question shown record raised state considered whether one arising different clause constitution respect questions properly presented bolln nebraska people state new york ex rel rosevale realty kleinert saltonstall saltonstall affirmed justice butler dissenting tax income opinion rents received appellant use real estate new jersey may included taxable income decisions established tax income received use land legal effect tax upon land pollock farmers loan trust thomas gay knowlton moore mccoach minehill railway stratton independence howbert brushaber union pac eisner macomber evans gore gillespie oklahoma lake superior mines lord senior braden new jersey addition tax land measured value may lay tax upon income received owner use lake superior mines lord ubi supra appellant right collect rents new jersey use lands state given protected new york law neither rights enjoyed new york relation appellant privilege residence protection state ability taxpayers pay may taken account apportionment tax burdens authorized impose financial means taxed made generate state power tax lands rents paid use lands beyond borders exclude item justice mcreynolds concurs opinion