Legal Opinion
Sam Bassett Lumber Co. v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 28, 1946No. 11756PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CODY, Justice.
This was a suit by the Gty of Houston against appellant, a corporation which conducts a lumber yard in Houston, to recover a personal judgment for the taxes which were assessed against some of appellant’s personal property for the years 1933 and 1934, and for the years 1936 to 1944, inclusive.
Appellant defended upon the grounds, (1) that the taxes sued for were not validly assessed because of a discriminatory system of assessing which was followed by the city, and (2) that if the taxes sued for were not void in their entirety, the same should be abated to the extent of fifty per…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Beaumont v. FallTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- City of Houston v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Lubbock Hotel Co. v. Lubbock Independent School Dist.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1935
- San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. State Ex Rel. DechmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- City of Wichita Falls v. J. J. & M. Taxman Refining Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1934
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3Cited by11 opinions
- City of Arlington v. CannonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
- Whelan v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1955
- Sam Bassett Lumber Co. v. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- City of Orange, Texas v. Levingston Shipbuilding CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- McGinnis v. Northwest Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
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