Simkins v. City of Corsicana

ALEXANDER, Justice.

This suit was brought by the City of Corsicana against Mrs. Eliza J. Simkins to recover delinquent taxes for the years 1921 to 1929, inclusive, and to foreclose a tax lien on the land against which,the taxes had been assessed. The defendant, in addition to a general denial, alleged that during all of the years in question said property, over defendant’s protest, had been assessed for taxes at a grossly excessive amount; that in April, 1928, said city, through its officers, entered into a contract with one Erinborg under which he was to place a value for tax purposes on all…