Adams v. Calvert

CALVERT, Chief Justice.

Suit was brought by petitioner, W. Henry Adams, against respondents, Robert S. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Wag-goner Carr, Attorney General, and Jesse James, Treasurer, as officials of the State of Texas to recover the sum of $1,342.50 which he had paid to the State, under protest, as coin-operated machine taxes pursuant to the provisions of Article 13.02, Title 122A, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes. Upon stipulated facts, the trial court rendered judgment that petitioner recover the taxes with accrued pro rata interest. The Court of Civil Appeals reversed…