Nalle v. City of Austin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Travis County. Tried below before Hon. Geo. Calhoun. The disqualification of Chief Justice H. C. Fisher to sit in this case having been certified to the Governor, Will G. Barber, Esq., was appointed and duly commissioned as special Chief Justice to sit with Associate Justice Eidson in its determination. Associate Justice Key did not participate.
1Opinion of the Court
BARBER, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by appellee against appellant to recover city taxes claimed to be due from him to the city of Austin, for the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904, together with certain interest and penalties alleged to have accrued by reason of the failure to pay same promptly when due. The case was tried upon the amended petition of the city, to which appellant filed, among others, the following special pleas, as condensed in his brief:
“First. That the city of Austin was operating under a special act charter providing that a majority of the members of the whole…
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