Davis v. Burney
Citations
- 58 Tex. 364
- 1 Tex. L. R. 816
- 1883 Tex. LEXIS 27
Syllabus
<p>1. Taxation.— On April 1,1878, the commissioners’ court of Galveston county passed an order providing for the registration of all scrip issued prior to the 18th day of April, 1876; that the same, when registered, should bear eight per cent, interest from that date, and that such scrip should not be receivable for taxes. On the 1st day of February, 1880, an order was passed by the same court, levying, among other county taxes, one of three cents on the one hundred dollars’ valuation, for the payment of registered warrants. Held,</p> <p>(1) The order providing for the registration of county scrip, making the same bear interest from date of registration, and that it -should not be received in payment of county taxes, was not void.</p> <p>(2) The tax of three (3) cents on the one hundred dollars’ valuation, thus levied, was valid.</p>
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- suit against bank for refusal to honor checks was not a suit for debt, it was suit for violation of the UCC, and the limitations was governed by the residual statute
- suit against bank for refusal to honor checks was not a suit for debt, it was suit for violation of the UCC, and the limitations was governed by the residual statute
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Judges: App, Com, Watts
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