The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-09-20

yEHl: STATE OF TEXAS-To the sberiH OF
L Dallas county, greeting: 1on are herGny
commanded that you summons by puDlica-
cation, Nj NJ. Morrow, resident citizen OF
the county OF Washington ana state OF AZ
kansas, TO be and appear before thc Distr'c.
Dallas, at the Courthouse thereof. IN the CITY
Of Dallas, on the first Monday in October next,
and then and there to answer the pctltion
of the city of Dallas, filed in said Court,
against the said NJ. NJ. Morrow, and alleging
in substance as follows, to-wit;
That heret9iore to-witi Pr lhe iith ney o 81
ana Board OF Alderman of said city OF Dal-
las n n election was held on the LIST dav OF
April thereafter for the purpose OF suhmiI'
ting toa vote Of NE res ts,n'f 1%9et tse 81 r ,m
estate within the corporate llIllts on Suiu cily
10 an amount sufficient IN secure the location
Of depot Of the Houston ana Texas Gen.pn
limits Of said city. That Thereafter, on !he
day and year last above WRIT n, aiter elVin,s
due and legal notice OF siid siee!lon, nha ~, AZ
held which +, suited In two-thirds Vot OF
| voters of said city of Dallas IN favor oi saln
| taxation for the purposes aforesaid; Inat
/ thereafter, to-wit: on the 2il day of August,
| A. d. 1872 an order was passed by The ttly
cyT"if1ii " sold city. ordering the assessment,
levy, and collection of n special tax Of "a
"ff c slHs TpR 70 70 f"FP%shss "
curing "a location of a depot for the Houston
| and Texas Central Railway Company, With
| in therorpoIate limits of said city, and for
the incidental expenses of securing and max
| ing deeds, etc, to said lands, and collecting
| said taxes, and ordering the Assessor and
Collector Of said city to proceed ~ once to
and ordinances of said city, made in relation
| thereto aud the assessment rule heretofore
made h. O. W, Cgehrani late Collector and
| Assessor of said city of Dallas
| That in pursuance of law and said ordcr'
and ordinances, u, King. Assessor and Coliec,
;or of said city, proceeded 20 give, anc DID
| give, due and legal noIice, t9-witI ten days
| notice by calling upon and by letter through
| rhr poStoilice IN the said c!ty, 10 The defend,
ant herein, of the taxes and penalty due anu
| owing under said assessment for depot pnr
| poses, az aforesaid, from defendant 10 plant
| in, to-wit: The sum OF SlUI ..
| Said defendant was, at the date of said as
s'ssment, the owner Of the following lois o.
| limits OF thee city Of Dallas, allasco., TeN,to
wit: Part or the John Grigshy League goryeS
| and being the same lands conveyed TO z. Il
| CoombcS by NJ. VI. Morrow and wife, by deco
bearing date the 18th day of February, 1910
beginning 90 feet north, ~ west, and l3 fee
north, a east fl ON the south corner OF X. NJ
Hawpe's i2L acre tract; thence north ~
west running parallel with said X. NJ
IInwpe's southwest line 80 varas TO stake
thence north Ijo, east Wt5 Yaras 10 STAKE
| thence enutll I2S, F..sL Ia NaraG 20 y stake
tnence south i5s, West S71% Varas, the place o
| beginning, containing one acre of land, mor'
or t"ss, Of tile value OF 500. Also, part OF IN,
John tirigshy survey, and decided TO the said
defendant bv Charles Carolton and wife OF
the 18th day Of September, ihBo, ana Deini
one-half OF the following described tract: be
ginning AZ the north corner OF sad tIaS., a
n post oak marked y, for corner, ana wv.
hickories bears north a1', east 81 rarss, olaci
inck 3 inches hears south tarasi thenci
south ~, east 6)i varas 10 small mack jack 10
corner; thence east liS vnras, stake In Me
Kinney road, post oak IA inches, north "a
west ~ varas, black jack, south ~, east y
| vGras; thence on said road south u, west u
the center of Caruths branch; thence west u
The north corner of n tw"-acre tract. sold b,
/, the said defendant to- Robert Spearsi theme
south To the Southwest corner Of SAID tract
thence north -, cast 2jS varas 20 the begin
ming, containing 30 acres, more or less, sail
onP-halfo OF said - acres, situated within IN
corporate limits of said city, of tho value %
s2,jOD That the total value OF both OF san
tracts OF land then was. and Is, $780, where
on was then, as Is still, due and owing y
plaintiff by the defendant, the sum OF sBI y
by the taxes assessed and levied for the pur
poses aforesaid and Notwithstanding defend
ant has been duly requested ana notihed U
nay said taxes, as required by ordinanc
aforesaid, and the same Is justly due apd op
though often requested so to do, the said de
PENDANT has hitherto wholly failed and re
fused. AMI still falls aud refuses SO 70 q.
wherefore plaintiff says that III" DEFENDANT
are Delinquent taxpayers, and an action ha
accrued TO plaintiff herein, ana prays una
they be cited to answer this petition, tina
. plaiutiff nave Judgment Hfr tlle ealu SUN U
; Sg7 10 taxes tue and owing from tn
! defendant for the purposes aforesaid, and IN
further sum OF 975, penalty OF 10 per cent
thereon imposed on delinquent taxpayers o.
the ordinances of said city, and that the lie
given by law and ordinances on the real es
! tate of delinquent taxpayers he emf rec
AGAINST the defendant, and 10 thlsend PLAIN
III l.rays hir an order ~ eel tte real estai
! hereinbefdre described, and for costs an
for general and special relief.
. Herin Tall not, but nave gou men v an
return thereon, showing how you have exc
! cuted the same.
- Witness. John NJ. Laws, Clerk
|; the District Court of Dallas COUNT
4 SEAL Given under my hand and IN
!, ~ seal of said court, i'm the town {
! Dallas, this, the 18th day q June, \ ~ ls7a,
Clork District Court, Dallas count sxa
! BY Il BOIL, Deputy. -