Great Southern Life Insurance v. City of Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District in an appeal from Travis County. The City of Austin sued the Great Southern Life Ins. Co., to recover certain taxes. Judgment was for defendant and plaintiff appealed. The judgment being reversed and rendered in favor of appellant plaintiff, (211 S. W., 482), the insurance company obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb,. Chief Justice CUBETON,
delivered the opinion of the court. This suit was filed on April 14, 1917, by the City of Austin, a municipal corporation, incorporated by special act of the Legislature, against the Great Southern Life Insurance Company, a domestic private corporation, chartered for the purpose of doing a life in-, surance business, with its main office and principal place of business located in the city of Houston, in Harris County, Texas. The purpose of the suit was to recover taxes alleged to be due by plaintiff in error on certain securities deposited by it under the laws of…
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