Mission Independent School Dist. v. Armstrong

The suit was by George W. Armstrong, defendant in error, to recover of the Mission independent school district and P. W. Barron, tax collector, plaintiffs in error, the sum of $405.60, which he had paid under protest for taxes due the district by the Mission Cotton Oil Company, a corporation, upon personal property purchased after the levy of the tax, for the years 1912 and 1913, but which were delinquent at the time of purchase. Plaintiffs in error filed a cross-action for $150 for taxes due for 1914.

The cause was tried upon an agreed state*202ment of facts, summarized as follows: The district…