Edinburg Improvement Ass'n v. City of Edinburg

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was instituted by the City of Edinburg, a municipal corporation, against Edinburg Improvement Association, described as an express trust, to recover taxes alleged to be due for the years 1928 to 1943, both years inclusive. The trial began to a jury, but later the jury was discharged by agreement of the parties and all questions of both law and fact were submitted to the court.

Judgment was ultimately rendered, in substance, as follows:(1) Sustaining defendant’s plea of payment as to all taxes for the years 1928 to 1931, both inclusive, and denying recovery for those…