George v. Dean
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. Robert F. George, H. J. Larsen, and others, brought suit against Frank Dean, collector of taxes for Galveston county, to enjoin the collection of the following taxes: A tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied by the Legislature in 1873, for the scholastic year ending September 1,1874, for the .purpose of building and repairing school houses; a special tax, levied by the County Court of Galveston…
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. Robert F. George, H. J. Larsen, and others, brought suit against Frank Dean, collector of taxes for Galveston county, to enjoin the collection of the following taxes: A tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied by the Legislature in 1873, for the scholastic year ending September 1,1874, for the .purpose of building and repairing school houses; a special tax, levied by the County Court of Galveston county, to pay interest and sinking fund of Galveston county bonds, issued by said county under a special act of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by appellants to enjoin appellee, the collector of taxes of Galveston county, from collecting the following taxes, viz: ..
1. A tax of one fourth of one per cent., levied for the purpose of building and repairing school-houses, hy section 28 of “An act to establish and maintain a system of public free schools,” passed April 30,1873.
2. A special tax of one tenth of one per cent., levied by *84the County Court of Galveston county, to meet the interest and provide a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds issued by said county, under a special act of…
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