Galveston Gas Co. v. County of Galveston

Gould, Associate Justice.

The Galveston Gas Company brought this suit to recover back from the county of Galveston the amount of certain taxes alleged to have been illegally assessed, and to have been paid under pro*290test by plaintiff, to avoid a sale of its real estate advertised by the collector, stating that the sale would have clouded the title and depreciated the value of the lots advertised. As detailed in plaintiff’s pleadings the facts are.: Early in the year 1876, the plaintiff’s entire property was listed to the justices of the peace, and the assessment having been duly accepted, was…