Austin v. Gulf, Colorado, & Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Brazoria. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. E. T. Austin brought this suit in the District Court of Galveston county, on the 19th January, 1876, by petition addressed to A. P. McCormick, judge of the eighteenth judicial district, sworn to, praying an injunction to restrain the sheriff from proceeding to enforce the collection of a tax alleged to be illegally imposed on his property in Galveston county for the year 1875, amounting to $191.23, and to…
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Appeal from Brazoria. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. E. T. Austin brought this suit in the District Court of Galveston county, on the 19th January, 1876, by petition addressed to A. P. McCormick, judge of the eighteenth judicial district, sworn to, praying an injunction to restrain the sheriff from proceeding to enforce the collection of a tax alleged to be illegally imposed on his property in Galveston county for the year 1875, amounting to $191.23, and to oiie third of one per cent, of the taxable property in Galveston county, and to enjoin the County Court from further…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellant, Edward F. Austin, against the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Bailroad Company, Robert D. Johnson, William II. Williams, Bradford Hancock, Hugo Brosig, and C. A. Kaufman, the justices of Galveston County Court, and Joseph *260Atkins, -sheriff of Galveston county, to enjoin said sheriff from collecting a tax, which had been assessed by the County Court of Galveston county, to provide a sinking fund and,for payment of interest on certain- bonds issued and to be issued by said county to the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Eailroad Company, in…
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