Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; R. E. L. Ray, Judge. Action by the State of Texas and another against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company. Prom judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; R. E. L. Ray, Judge. Action by the State of Texas and another against the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company. Prom judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. The state of Texas and the Fort Worth improvement district No. 1, it appears, as plaintiffs brought the suit on June 11, 1919, against the appellant to recover taxes alleged to be due, delinquent and unpaid for the years 1911 to 1915 on 2.3 miles of railroad within the limits of Fort Worth improvement district No. 1. The appellant denied that any taxes were due, and specially pleaded…
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The question for decision is an agreed one. “It is agreed,” quoting, for the decision by the trial court and the appellate court, “that the sole question in this case for the determination of the. court is whether the reassessment by the tax assessor and tlie county commissioners’ court as a board of equalization is legal and binding upon the defendant under the facts hereinbefore stated.” The proceedings here reassessing the property of appellant were not in accordance with, nor authorized, either expressly or inpliedly, by any special statutory…
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- State v. WeyerhauserSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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