Red v. Johnson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. The nature and result of the suit below is stated in the opinion. Plaintiff assigned errors as follows, viz.: 1. The court erred in not rendering judgment for plaintiff and perpetuating the injunction. 2. In rendering judgment for defendant dissolving the injunction. 3. The judgment is against the law and the evidence. Title and possession of the property was admitted to be in plaintiff.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. The nature and result of the suit below is stated in the opinion. Plaintiff assigned errors as follows, viz.: 1. The court erred in not rendering judgment for plaintiff and perpetuating the injunction. 2. In rendering judgment for defendant dissolving the injunction. 3. The judgment is against the law and the evidence. Title and possession of the property was admitted to be in plaintiff. The lots were purchased and the buildings placed thereon by appellant anterior to 1877, for the purpose of founding a seminary for young ladies.…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
Appellant filed her petition in the district court of Travis county July 5, 1879, for an injunction restraining appellee as collector of taxes from enforcing a levy by sale for $110, the taxes for the years 1877 and 1878, on certain real estate in said county, on the ground that the taxes claimed were assessed against the land and buildings thereon, and that said buildings, known as the Stuart Female Seminary, were owned and used by appellant during said years exclusively for school purposes and were exempt from taxation.
The injunction was granted, and on January 15,…
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