Clegg v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. This suit was brought May 20, 1873, by the State against A. W. & E. P. Clegg, to recover of them the sum of sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents, alleged to be due by them as ad valorem income and capitation tax for the year 1870, with eight per cent, interest thereon, from January 1,1871; also the further sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents ad valorem tax, for 1871, and sixty-eight…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. A. P. McCormick. This suit was brought May 20, 1873, by the State against A. W. & E. P. Clegg, to recover of them the sum of sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents, alleged to be due by them as ad valorem income and capitation tax for the year 1870, with eight per cent, interest thereon, from January 1,1871; also the further sum of two hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents ad valorem tax, for 1871, and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents, as school-tax, one-eighth of one per cent., for 1871, two dollars poll tax, with…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The want of time, and pressure of business will prevent any elaboration of our conclusions of the many questions of great public interest which have been discussed with marked ability and research by counsel in this and other cases of a kindred character. "We are, therefore, constrained to con*607tent ourselves with an announcement of our decision of such of these questions as, in our opinion, will suffice for the proper determination of the case, with but little effort to support our conclusions by argument or illustrations.
A fair construction of the law under which appellants claim this suit is…
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- People v. HastingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
- Town of Middletown v. Town of BerlinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1846
- Shewalter v. BrownMississippi Supreme Court · 1858
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