International & Great Northern R'y Co. v. Smith County
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Smith. Tried below before the Hbn. J. C. Bobertson. This suit was filed by plaintiffs in error in the District Court of Smith county, June 10, 1880, to enjoin the county of Smith and her officers from collecting state and county taxes claimed to be due on that part of plaintiff in error’s railroad constructed from Troupe to the east boundary of Smith county, 111 miles, by the International Bailroad company, under its charter granted August 5, 1870. The…
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Error from Smith. Tried below before the Hbn. J. C. Bobertson. This suit was filed by plaintiffs in error in the District Court of Smith county, June 10, 1880, to enjoin the county of Smith and her officers from collecting state and county taxes claimed to be due on that part of plaintiff in error’s railroad constructed from Troupe to the east boundary of Smith county, 111 miles, by the International Bailroad company, under its charter granted August 5, 1870. The International Bailroad company was authorized to build a road across the state of Texas, as designated in its charter and…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Associate Justice.
There is no question involved in this case not involved and considered in the case of I. & G. N. R’y Co. v. Anderson County, reported in 59 Tex., 654; and we deem it unnecessary to restate the grounds on which we hold the ruling of the court below to be erroneous.
There is one question presented in brief of counsel, however, which we deem it proper to state our conclusions upon. The exemption from taxation claimed in this suit, for the year 1875, is given by the act of Aug. 5, 1870, and for all succeeding years it is given by the act of the legislature passed March…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- I. & G. N. R'y Co. v. Anderson CountyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
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