Maud, Tax Collector v. Terrell, Comptroller
Texas Supreme Court
Original application to the Supreme Court by Maud, tax collector, for writ of mandamus against Terrell, State Comptroller. B. B. Humphrey intervened in his own interest seeking the same relief.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The right of the relator to the mandamus here sought against the Comptroller depends upon the validity of the Act of the Thirty-fifth Legislature, chapter 166, amending article 7491 of the Revised Statutes so as to authorize,—its title states,—“the Comptroller to appoint and contract with persons to collect inheritance taxes.”
It appears that as authorized by the Act the Comptroller, substantially in its terms, has entered into a contract with B. B. Humphrey whereby, for the maximum compensation allowed, his services have been engaged for the doing of those things in this relation which the…
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