State of Texas v. Farmer
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Parker County. The State sued to foreclose its lien for taxes, and was denied recovery and this ruling affirmed on appeal, whereupon it obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
In the years 1884, 1885, and 1886, respectively, the assessor and collector of Parker County assessed for each year 1067 acres of land in the name of “unknown owners.” The description of the land in each assessment was given as follows: “Owner unknown; abstract number, 560; original grantee, Thomas Hamilton; number, of acres, 1067; unrendered, 1067 acres; value, $10,000.” For each of the said years, the assessor of.that county assessed another tract with exactly the same description, except that it had abstract number 561. Under these renditions, the land was sold by…
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