Legal Opinion

Hunt v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 1, 1920No. 3260PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Cass County. , The State sued Hunt to foreclose a lien on land for delinquent taxes. Defendant had judgment which on appeal by the State was reversed and remanded (207 S. W., 636). Hunt thereupon obtained writ of error, the decision settling the case and involving construction of a statute.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood

The defendant in error, State of Texas, Mstituted this suit against plaintiff in error, Goode Hunt, to foreclose a tax lien on - fifty acres of land in Cass County owned by plaintiff in error.

The proof showed that the taxes were delinquent for 1888 and 1893; that Bill Williams owned the land in 1888 and that Rachael Williams owned same in 1893; that the delinquent tax records showed the name of Bill Williams as owner of the land in 1888 and the name of Rachael Williams as owner in 1893; that Goode Hunt acquired the title to the land from Bill Williams and Rachael Williams, by deed dated…

2Cited by19 opinions

  1. Coakley v. ReisingTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Dill v. City of Rising StarTexas Commission of Appeals · 1925
  3. City of Rising Star v. DillCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  4. Coakley v. CrowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  5. Dallas Central Appraisal District v. Wang, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2002

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