City of San Antonio v. Berry
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Bexar County. The city of San Antonio sued Berry to enforce the collection of taxes, and a judgment in its favor being reformed by the Court of Civil Appeals on appeal by defendant, both parties obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by the city of San Antonio to recover of W. W. Berry delinquent taxes upon certain real and personal property of the defendant for the year 1894 and for several years prior thereto, and to foreclose a lien upon the property.. The transcript does not disclose the date of the institution of the suit, but it shows that an amended petition was filed May 18, 1896, and that the case was tried upon a second amended petition filed June 17, 1897. The plaintiff secured a judgment with a decree foreclosing the lien directing that an order should issue to the…
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