Flowers v. Texas Mexican Ry. Co.

McClendon, chief justice.

Suit brought under Art. 7057b, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., by two railroad corporations — ■ Tex-Mex (Texas Mexican Railway Company) and Southern (San Antonio Southern Railway Company) — against certain state officials (Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer and Comptroller), to recover corporation franchise taxes for the year 1939 demanded by the Secretary of State under Art. 7084, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St., as amended by 1930 Laws, 5th Called Sess., p. 220, Ch. 68, § 2, and paid under protest. The amount sued for is that arrived at by computation under Sec. (D) less…