League v. State of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from San Augustine County. The suit was brought by the State. League appealed from a judgment for plaintiff, and on its affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
Under the provisions of chapter 103 of the general laws of 1897, page 132, this suit was instituted in the District Court of San Augustine County to foreclose the State's lien for the taxes of the years 1884 to 1896, inclusive, upon fourteen tracts of land lying in the said county, patented in the name of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. It was alleged that the plaintiff in error was the owner of the said land, that it had been regularly assessed for taxes in the names of different parties for each year, and, after January 1, 1885, each tract had been sold for…
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