Wingate v. Whitney Independent School Dist.

ALEXANDER, Justice.

Whitney Independent School District brought suit against A. R. Wingate and others to recover for certain taxes alleged to be due the School District and to foreclose a tax lien on the land against which the taxes had been assessed. Judgment by default was entered in favor of the plaintiff and the defendant sued out writ of error.

While plaintiff alleged the levy of a tax by the School Board, and that the property in question had been duly assessed, it wholly failed to allege specifically, or even generally, that the levy of such taxes had been authorized by a vote of the…