Slater v. Ellis County Levee Improvement Dist. No. 9

This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, Ellis County Levee Improvement District No. 9, on the relation of the Brown-Crummer Investment Company, a corporation, under article 8017 of the Revised Statutes, to recover delinquent taxes alleged to be due on certain land embraced within said levee district, for the years 1919 to 1926, inclusive. A trial was had before the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the taxes for the years 1925 and 1926, amounting to the sum of $4,454.30, and for foreclosure of plaintiff’s lien on the property. The defendants…