Ollivier v. City of Houston

This cause was instituted on February 13, 1899, in the District Court of Harris County, by appellee, the city of Houston, against P.M. Ollivier and his codefendants (appellants here) to recover for taxes levied by said city for the years 1892 and 1893, and to foreclose the lien therefor upon certain lands situated in said city. The defendants answered by general denial and by plea of limitation of four years. At the date of the institution of the suit the taxes sued for had been due for more than four years, but from a date prior to the levy until May, 1899, cities were exempt from the…