City of San Angelo v. Deutsch

Mr. Judge SMEDLEY

delivered the opinion for the court.

The question presented for decision is thus concisely stated in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals: “Whether the city is estopped to assert a lien for unpaid taxes, to the injury, of an innocent mortgagee who lends money on property as security, on the faith of and in reliance upon, its assessment rolls showing that such taxes have been paid.”

Defendant in error, Deutsch, sued plaintiff in error, the City of San Angelo, to remove from his title to certain improved real estate the cloud cast by the city’s claim of a lien on said…