County of Anderson v. Kennedy
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Peyton F. Edwards. Suit by appellees to enjoin the county of Anderson and its officers from levying and collecting a special tax, known as the 66 subsidy special county tax,” on certain lands situate in Anderson county, Texas, patented to the International & Great ¡Northern ¡Railroad Company, by virtue of certain land certificates issued to the I. & G. FT.
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Appeal from Anderson. Tried below before the Hon. Peyton F. Edwards. Suit by appellees to enjoin the county of Anderson and its officers from levying and collecting a special tax, known as the 66 subsidy special county tax,” on certain lands situate in Anderson county, Texas, patented to the International & Great ¡Northern ¡Railroad Company, by virtue of certain land certificates issued to the I. & G. FT. R. R. Co. under special act of the legislature, approved March 10, 1875, said lands being purchased by appellees from said company. They claimed that the said lands were, by virtue of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
This is a suit by appellees to enjoin the county of Anderson and its officers from levying and collecting a special tax, known as the “ subsidy special county tax,” on certain lands situate in Anderson county, Texas, patented to the International & Great Northern Railroad Company by virtue of certain land certificates issued to the I. & G. N. R. R. Co. under special act of the legislature, approved March 10,1875, and said lands being purchased by appellees from said company; they claim that the said lands are, by virtue of the law under which they were issued,…
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