Labadie v. Dean
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. November 27, 1876, Joseph Labadie and twenty-three „ other tax-payers of the county of Galveston filed their petition in the District Court against Frank Dean, the collector of taxes for said county, to enjoin the collection of the following taxes: 1. An ad valorem tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied for general county purposes for the year 1875. 2. A tax of one tenth of one per cent., levied to…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. November 27, 1876, Joseph Labadie and twenty-three „ other tax-payers of the county of Galveston filed their petition in the District Court against Frank Dean, the collector of taxes for said county, to enjoin the collection of the following taxes: 1. An ad valorem tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied for general county purposes for the year 1875. 2. A tax of one tenth of one per cent., levied to pay the interest, and to provide a sinking fund to liquidate certain bonds issued by the county of Galveston, under a…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellants against appellee, as collector of taxes for Galveston county, to contest the validity of the following taxes, to wit:
1. An ad valorem tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied for general county purposes for the year 1875.
2. A tax of one tenth of one per cent., levied to pay the interest, and provide a sinking fund to liquidate certain bonds issued by the county of Galveston, under a special act of the Legislature authorizing their issue, passed Hovember 29, 1871.
3. A tax of one eighth of one per cent., levied under an act of the…
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