Corporation of San Felipe De Austin v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Austin County.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The question presented by the case is whether the unsold portion of the five leagues of public land originally granted by the Mexican Government to the town of San Felipe de Austin in 1824, — now 1813- % acres, and being of the lands originally granted the municipality for use by its inhabitants as timber and grazing lands, is subject to State and County taxation.
Following the independence of Texas, the town of San Felipe de Austin was incorporated by a special act of the Congress of the Bepublic, in 1837. This act confirmed to the municipality title to all the public property in it. This act…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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