Legal Opinion
City of Abilene v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 17, 1937No. 1731PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUNDERBURK, Justice.
On January 1, 1928, and at various other dates, up to and including December 12, 1930, the City of Abilene, a municipal corporation, acquired by purchase about 34 tracts of land situated in Jones county for the purpose of a reservoir site for impounding water for the use of said city and its inhabitants. This suit was brought in the name of the State of Texas to recover state, county (of Jones), and school taxes, levied, assessed, and delinquent upon said land for years, included within the time of such ownership; and to foreclose the tax liens upon the sev•eral tracts. A…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Daugherty v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Corporation of San Felipe De Austin v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- City of Dallas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
3Cited by35 opinions
- Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- A. & M. Consolidated Independent School District v. City of BryanTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- City of Beaumont v. FertittaTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- Commissioners' Court of El Paso County v. El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Maverick County Water Control & Improvement District 1 v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
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