Legal Opinion

Engelke v. Schlenker

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 14, 1890No. 2751PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Washington. Tried below before Hon. C. C. Garrett. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

HENRY, Associate Justice.

— This suit was brought to enjoin the collection of State and county taxes on shares of national bank stock, on the ground that the assessment of the taxes was in violation of the Constitution of this State as well as of the act of Congress forbidding a higher rate of taxation of national bank stock than of other moneyed capital.

*561It appears from the evidence and the findings of fact by the court, that plaintiffs are the holders of the capital stock of the First National Bank of Brenham, which consists of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. H. Rosenberg v. WeekesTexas Supreme Court · 1887

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Lively v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Doty Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Lewis CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  3. First Bank of Deer Park v. Deer Park Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. Langley v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  5. City of Marshall v. State Bank of MarshallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910

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