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Lively v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1909No. 1881PublishedCited by 125 opinions

Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Dallas County. The railway company sued Lively and others to enjoin the collection of certain taxes, and had judgment, from which the defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown

Certified questions from Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth Su.preme Judicial District, as follows :

“This is a suit brought by the Missouri, Kansas. & Texas Railway Company of Texas, appellee, against Hiram F. Lively, County Judge of Dallas County, Texas; R. W. Baton, H. H. Bennett,- C. D. Smith and W. H. Pippin, county commissioners of Dallas County, Texas, constituting the board of equalization of said Dallas County, and Henry W. Jones, tax collector of Dallas County, each in his official capacity, to set aside alleged acts of the board of equalization of said county and to enjoin the said…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Raymondv v. Chicago Union Traction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. ShannonTexas Supreme Court · 1907
  3. New York State v. BarkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Engelke v. SchlenkerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1890

3Cited by125 opinions

  1. Ltd. v. Williamson County Appraisal DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Fort Worth Independent School District v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Bednarz v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  4. City of Arlington v. CannonTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Rowland v. City of TylerTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928

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