Calvert v. Adams

HUGHES, Justice.

W. Henry Adams, appellee, sued Robert S. Calvert, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Waggoner Carr, Attorney General and Jesse James, Treasurer, in their respective capacities as officials of Texas, to recover the sum of $1,342.50 which he paid to the State, under protest, as coin-operated machine taxes under the provisions of Art. 13.02, Title 122A, V.A.C.S.

The facts of the case were stipulated. The trial court rendered judgment for ap-pellee for recovery of the taxes sued for together with the accrued pro rata interest thereon as provided by law.

Appellee did business in his own…