City of Houston v. Feeser
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before Hon. James Masterson.
1Opinion of the Court
STAYTON, Chief Justice.
This was a suit brought by appellee.against the city of Houston to recover amount of certain license taxes paid by appellee as claimed by him for the privilege of carrying on the business of a butcher in the city. This tax amounted to the sum of $15 a month, and the evidence showed that this sum had been paid by the appellee for a period of several years previous to the institution of this suit. Judgment was rendered in appellee’s favor for the sum of $277.50, the same being the full amount of plaintiff’s claim except that portion of it barred by the statute of…
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