Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. Jas. Masterson. Suit by the State against the Houston and Texas Central Bail way Company, through counsel employed by the sheriff of Harris county, to recover $20,250.01, claimed to be due for State and county taxes, including assessor’s fees for the year 1871, also ten per cent, interest thereon, from January 1, 1872, and $2025 as penalty for failing to pay promptly.
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Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. Jas. Masterson. Suit by the State against the Houston and Texas Central Bail way Company, through counsel employed by the sheriff of Harris county, to recover $20,250.01, claimed to be due for State and county taxes, including assessor’s fees for the year 1871, also ten per cent, interest thereon, from January 1, 1872, and $2025 as penalty for failing to pay promptly. In answer to the original petition, the railroad company craved oyer of the authority of the attorneys to institute the suit, and plead specially .that they had no lawful authority…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Judgment has not been entered in this case for the reason that our attention has been called to some inaccuracies in our statement when the cause was decided on the twenty-third instant.
These tax cases are contested with great ability; the learning and logic of defendant’s counsel have received due consideration from the court. We must now notice *152some of the points made, against this judgment. There are exceptions to the evidence, to the charges of the court, to the refusal to give charges asked, and to the ruling on a motion for a new trial. We think the court properly sustained the…
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