Taylor v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. On the twenty-sixth of September, 1887, appellant instituted this suit in the district court of Travis county, Texas, to recover of and from appellee the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, which sum appellant alleged that appellee, as Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, had illegally and unlawfully collected from him for the use and benefit of the State, as office…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. On the twenty-sixth of September, 1887, appellant instituted this suit in the district court of Travis county, Texas, to recover of and from appellee the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, which sum appellant alleged that appellee, as Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, had illegally and unlawfully collected from him for the use and benefit of the State, as office fees for issuing and delivering to appellant patents to certain lands described in his petition, which lands and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice,
This action was brought in the court below by appellant to recover of appellee, who is Commissioner of the General Land Office, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, alleged to have been paid under protest as patent fees for issuing patents to lands to which appellant became entitled by virtue of the contract with the State for building its capítol. Exceptions to the petition were sustained, and the suit was dismissed.
Two questions are presented by the appeal: First, can the appellee be held individually liable to pay back the fees paid by…
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