Presbyterian Church in United States v. Sheppard

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellants, Presbyterian Church in the United States, devisee under the will of Mrs. F. A. Manley, deceased; the Rev. E. C. Scott, State Clerk and Treasurer of said Church, as trustee of said devise; and Republic National Bank of Dallas, as administrator of the estate of Mrs. F. A. Manley, sued appellees, George H. Sheppard, State Comptroller; Jesse James, State Treasurer; and Grover Sellers, Attorney General of Texas, to recover the sum of $2,608.80 paid under protest by the appellant Church to the State of Texas as the inheritance or succession tax on the devise or bequest,…