Millar v. Douglass

Citations

• 42 Tex. 288

Syllabus

<p>1. EXTORTION. To incur the penalty of the statute against extortion, the officer must, while acting under color of law, have knowingly demanded a greater sum than was authorized by statute.</p> <p>3. Taxes. Under the Act of Nov. 10, i860 (Paschal’s Digest, 7486), taxes are not dependent on the amount of gross sales, but on the income derived from sales of goods made in excess of their cost, after deducting from the income or profits the expenses, etc., allowed by statute.</p>