Gulf, O. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. City of Dallas

This suit was brought by defendant in error to recover from the plaintiff in error certain ad valorem taxes, together with interest and penalties thereon, alleged to be due by it for the years 1918, 1919, and 1920, which were assessed against four of its switch engines maintained in the city of Dallas for switching purposes, and for a foreclosure of the tax lien on the property in question.

The case was tried before the court, without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of plaintiff in error. Upon appeal, the Court of Civil Appeals reversed the judgment of the trial…