Land and Cattle Co. v. Board, Tax Collector
Texas Supreme Court
On the 1st day of October, 1887, appellant, as plaintiff below, claiming to be a private corporation duly incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of.
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On the 1st day of October, 1887, appellant, as plaintiff below, claiming to be a private corporation duly incorporated under and by virtue of the laws of the State of. Texas, brought this suit against the appellees, A. L. Board as tax collector of Baylor County, Texas, and M. W. Severs as the assessor of taxes in said county, by which appellant sought to recover of A. L. Board the sum of $613.71, claimed to have been illegal taxes paid by appellant to him as such tax collector on the 16th day of December, 1886, paid under protest after said Board had seized the personal property of appellant…
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by appellant against" Board, tax collector, to recoArer from him sums alleged to have been illegally collected by him for the State and county for the years 1885 and 1886.
It is alleged that appellant had rented county school lands from several counties for a term of years, and that these were assessed at a valuation based on the value of the fee in the land, and that upon the assessment thus riiacle the collector was proceeding to enforce payment by levy on personal property when, to avoid this, appellant paid the sums for which he was assessed…
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