Legal Opinion
Abney v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 30, 1898PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from Lampasas. Tried below before Hon. Joi-in M. Furman.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLARD, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by the State against Walter Acker, J. C. Matthews, and W. B. Abney, April 28, 1898, to recover $56.36 for taxes, penalty, and costs, for 1886, 1887, 1888, Ü 889, and 1890, assessed against the unknown owner of an undivided interest in the Mrs. L. Priest survey, in Lampasas County, patented to Acker and Toland, December 17, 1890, that is 719 acres out of the 7361 acres survey, described by metes and bounds. Plaintiff also prayed for foreclosure of lien on the land. The taxes and costs sued for were,—State tax and interest, $25.12; county tax and…
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