League v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE TEXAS. On August 6, 1898, the State of Texas filed a petition in the district court of San Augustine County, Texas, averring that the defendant was justly indebted to the State of Texas and the county of San Augustine in the sum of $1305.87, on account of taxes, interest, penalties and costs due on certain described lands for the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895 and 1896. The prayer was for a…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE TEXAS. On August 6, 1898, the State of Texas filed a petition in the district court of San Augustine County, Texas, averring that the defendant was justly indebted to the State of Texas and the county of San Augustine in the sum of $1305.87, on account of taxes, interest, penalties and costs due on certain described lands for the years 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895 and 1896. The prayer was for a recovery of the taxes, interest, etc., and for a decree establishing and enforcing a lien upon the several tracts for the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
In 1897-the legislature of Texas passed an act for the collection by judicial proceedings of delinquént taxes upon real estate. Texas, General Laws, 1897, c. 103, p. 132. The contention of the defendant, now plaintiff in error, is that prior thereto the collection of taxes ivas enforced by an administrative sale made by the collector of taxes after January 1 of the succeeding year; that the State’s lien for taxes was merged in the estate passed or vested by that sale; that the status of the rights of the State or other purchaser was fixed by the sale and must depend upon the legality of the…
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