State v. Hoffman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Duval County. The State sued Hoffman to collect taxes and penalty for non-payment. Plaintiff had judgment only for the taxes, which had been tendered into court, and was denied recovery of the penalty. The judgment being affirmed on appeal by the State, it thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
This was a proceeding by the State to recover of the defendant, Hoffman, State and county taxes for the year 1913, with penalties and interest and foreclosure of the tax lien upon certain real estate. There was no dispute as to the taxes. Judgment, therefore, was rendered for the State. The real controversy is whether the State was entitled to the penalties, interest and costs, and a foreclosure of the lien, as to which its prayer was denied. The case is here upon a writ of error allowed by the Committee of Courts of Civil Appeals Judges, the judgment of the trial court having been affirmed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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