Green v. Baldwin

CHADICK, Chief Justice.

This is an action for extraordinary relief by mandamus and injunction and to cancel an illegal tax rendition and quiet title. The judgment of the trial court granting the taxpayer such relief is affirmed.

Gaines Baldwin, Independent Executor of the Estate of Mrs. Genevieve Abney O’Banion, Deceased, as plaintiff instituted this suit against the City of Waskom, Texas and the tax assessor and collector of the city in the district court of Harrison County. The city and its tax official answered. Trial before the court resulted in a judgment from which the city and tax…