State v. Houston & T. C. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Henry J. Dannenbaum, Judge. Suit by the State of Texas against Houston & Texas Central Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was instituted by J. H. Crooker, district attorney, in behalf of the state of Texas, by authority and order of the commissioners' court of Harris county, against the Houston Texas Central Railway Company, to recover certain taxes alleged to be due and payable to the county of Harris for the use and benefit of the Harris County Ship Channel Navigation District, which was duly organized by an act of the 31st Legislature of this state (Acts 31st Leg. c. 15), the boundaries of said district being the same as those of Harris county.
The taxes sought to be collected by this suit are such…
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