Legal Opinion
State v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 25, 1940No. 11068PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CODY, Justice.
This suit was brought by the State for itself and Harris County, acting by the Criminal District Attorney of Harris County, to collect taxes for the years 1933-1936 on certain property owned by the City of Houston. The case was tried largely upon stipulated facts. It was stipulated that the City of Houston purchased on March 19, 1928, a tract of land 207x98.5 feet for the sum of $26,000, with money derived from a bond fund voted by the electors of the City on April 13, 1925, which fund and the bonds issued thereunder are known as the “Roadways to Turning Basin Bond Fund and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Town of West Hartford v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1877
- Inhabitants of Essex County v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- City of Sherman v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Collector of Taxes v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- City of Norwalk v. Town of New CanaanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lubbock Independent School Dist. v. OwensCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1948
- City of Austin v. Sheppard, ComptrollerTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- Eason v. DavidCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1950
- City of Beaumont v. FertittaTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- City of Beaumont v. FertittaTexas Supreme Court · 1967
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