Ogburn v. Barstow, Ward County, Tex.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Ward County; Chas. Gibbs, Judge. Suit by J. W. Ogburn and others against the Barstow, Ward County, Tex., Drainage District and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHarper, C. J.
The appellants brought this suit in the district court of Ward county, Tex., seeking an injunction restraining the collection of a tax of 50 cents on the $100 valuation levied by the commissioners’ court of Ward county for the maintenance and upkeep of the canals of the Barstow, Ward County, Tex., drainage district for the year 1920, and alleged that the drainage district was organized about the year 1907 under a law providing for the organization of such districts, for the issuance of their bonds by a two-thirds vote of the property tax paying voters, and for the levy of a tax for interest…
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