Porter v. Langley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court,' Hill County; J. C. Roberts, Judge. Action by L. Langley and others against Horton B. Porter and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRainey, C. J.
Appellees, stockholders of several banks in Hill county, united as plaintiffs and brought this suit against the county judge, the commissioners’ courts of two administrations, W. H. Knight, a former tax collector of Hill county, and B. L. Hodge, who was then collector of taxes. The allegations, in substance, were that said commissioners’ courts fraudulently and willfully set up and maintained a higher value for the purpose of taxation with reference to bank stock than was maintained with reference to property generally other than bank stock; that such a policy amounted to discrimination…
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