Legal Opinion
Sheppard v. Hidalgo County
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1935No. 6826PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERMAN, Commissioner.
In 1923 the Legislature of the state of Texas passed an act (Acts 1923, c. 162) *650-which we are called upon to construe, and owing to the importance and public nature of the question, we set the act out in full:
“An Act releasing the inhabitants of and property of Hidalgo County for a period of twenty-five (25) years from the payment of taxes levied for State purposes because of great public calamities in said county, as provided in Section 10 of Article 8 of the State Constitution, and providing that said county shall vote bonds of said county to prevent the recurrence of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jones v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- City of Aransas Pass v. KeelingTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Huntington v. WorthenSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- City of Louisville v. Louisville Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Little Rock & Ft. S. Ry. v. Worthen, Collector, Etc., and Others. In Error to TheSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Armco Steel Corp. v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Sheppard v. Hidalgo CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1936
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