Harrold v. Arrington
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Wheeler. Tried below before the Hon. Frank Willis. This suit was brought by appellants against appellee, as sheriff and ex officio tax collector of Wheeler county, to restrain appellee from enforcing the collection of certain "state and county taxes assessed by Wheeler county upon certain horses and cattle of appellants, which horses and cattle were situated in Greer county at the time of the assessment and before and after the 1st day of January, 1882.…
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Appeal from Wheeler. Tried below before the Hon. Frank Willis. This suit was brought by appellants against appellee, as sheriff and ex officio tax collector of Wheeler county, to restrain appellee from enforcing the collection of certain "state and county taxes assessed by Wheeler county upon certain horses and cattle of appellants, which horses and cattle were situated in Greer county at the time of the assessment and before and after the 1st day of January, 1882. Appellants claim in their petition that the taxes were illegally assessed against their property, upon two grounds, viz.: First.…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The assigned errors question the jurisdiction of the state of Texas over the territory known as Greer county; the right of the officers of Wheeler county to assess and collect taxes upon property situated in Greer county; and the correctness of the rulings of the court below refusing to remove this cause to the United States circuit court, or to continue the suit for a term for the purpose of allowing time to amend the bond and application as well as to procure the attendance of the plaintiffs in the cause.
In the printed argument of counsel for appellants, it seems to be…
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