Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Shannon
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. The railway company brought the suit against Shannon and others constituting the State Tax Board to restrain proceedings for taxing its property. Judgment was for defendants and was affirmed on appeal by plaintiff, which then obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas against O. K. Shannon, Secretary of the State of Texas; John W. Stephens, Comptroller, and W. B. Davie, Tax Commissioner of -the State, constituting the State Tax Board, to enjoin them from taking any action under the Act of the Twenty-ninth Legislature approved April 17, 1905,.commonly known as the “Intangible Assets Act.” A temporary restraining order was applied for and was refused. Upon the hearing an exception to the jurisdiction of the court was overruled but a "demurrer and exceptions…
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