Willis v. Owen
Texas Supreme Court
P. J. Willis and Richard S. Willis, as partners under the firm-name of P. J. Willis & Bro., filed their petition in the District Court, praying in their own behalf, and in behalf of others of like interests, for a writ of injunction, to restrain the sheriff of Galveston county, and the Board of Education, and the Board of School Directors of Galveston county from proceeding to collect from petitioners and others who might be permitted to become parties plaintiff, the…
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P. J. Willis and Richard S. Willis, as partners under the firm-name of P. J. Willis & Bro., filed their petition in the District Court, praying in their own behalf, and in behalf of others of like interests, for a writ of injunction, to restrain the sheriff of Galveston county, and the Board of Education, and the Board of School Directors of Galveston county from proceeding to collect from petitioners and others who might be permitted to become parties plaintiff, the school-tax of one per cent., the one-eighth of which was levied under the act entitled, “An Act to give effect to the several…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The proper determination of each of these cases depends upon the validity or invalidity of thé “Act to organ- “ ize and maintain a system of public schools,” approved April 24, 1872, and the authority conferred thereby to collect the taxes brought in question in them. The constitutionality of this law and the liability of the tax-payers for these taxes, has been sustained by this court in the cases of Kinney v. Zimpleman (36 Texas, 554; Bremond v. The State, 38 Texas, 116; Hall v. H. & T. C. R. W. Co., 39 Texas, 286; Ireland v. Gordon, 39 Texas, 253), and perhaps in others in which the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kinney v. ZimplemanTexas Supreme Court · 1872
- State v. BremondTexas Supreme Court · 1873
- Hall v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1873
- Ireland v. GordonTexas Supreme Court · 1873
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