Hall v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. . James Masterson. This is an appeal from a decree perpetually enjoining ■- appellant from- collecting, an alleged assessment of school tax on personal property,, at the rate of ninety-five cents - on the hundred dollars.
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Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. . James Masterson. This is an appeal from a decree perpetually enjoining ■- appellant from- collecting, an alleged assessment of school tax on personal property,, at the rate of ninety-five cents - on the hundred dollars. The petition, for injunction and amended petition present the following grounds : That appellee-is a corporation, acting as. a carrier of passengers and freights and the public- mails over a line- of roads, three hundred miles in length, from Houston toward Red River,, with a branch road to- the seat of government; and that as…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The tax which is herein sought to be enjoined was levied by a resolution of the board of school directors, to be applied to the establishment and maintenance of the public schools.
Under the erroneous instructions of the court the jury rendered their verdict for the plaintiff, and the judge perpetuated the injunction.
So far as any necessity has arisen for the discussion of the principles on which this case appears to have been decided by the District Court, we have discussed and settled them in Kinney v. Zimpelman.
*290His honor the district judge appears to have considered that because Harris…
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