Brown v. Graham
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from De Witt. Tried below before the Hon. H. Olay Pleasants. . On the 9th of August, 1881, the commissioners’ court of the county of De Witt levied a special tax of one-fifth of one per cent, on all property subject to taxation in that county on the 1st day of January, 1881; the levy being for building an addition to and repairs on the court house. Appellants, on the 28th of February, 1882, applied to the Hon. IT.
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Appeal from De Witt. Tried below before the Hon. H. Olay Pleasants. . On the 9th of August, 1881, the commissioners’ court of the county of De Witt levied a special tax of one-fifth of one per cent, on all property subject to taxation in that county on the 1st day of January, 1881; the levy being for building an addition to and repairs on the court house. Appellants, on the 28th of February, 1882, applied to the Hon. IT. Olay Pleasants, judge of the judicial district, alleging that the levy of the special tax was illegal, unconstitutional and void, and that the collection thereof would result…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The county commissioners’ court of De Witt county levied a special tax for the year 1881 of one-fifth of one per cent, for the purpose of building an addition to and repairing the court house. A large number of the tax-payers of the county united in suing out an injunction, restraining the collection of the tax, on the alleged ground that the county had no power, under our constitution and laws, to impose a special tax for building an addition to a court house. A general demurrer to the bill of injunction was sustained below and the suit dismissed, and this judgment is…
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