County of Anderson v. Houston & Great Northern Railroad
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Anderson county. Tried below before the Hon. M. H. Bonner. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by the county of Anderson, denying the validity of certain bonds issued by her constituted authorities in her name to the Houston and Great Horthern Railroad Company, seeking to enjoin the transfer of the bonds and the further collection of a tax levied for their payment; praying, also, for the recovery back of payments made out of taxes previously collected, for the cancellation of the bonds, and, in an amended petition, praying, in case the bonds had been transferred to innocent holders, for judgment for the value thereof. The petition made…
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