The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-09-06

rJNHE STATE OF TEN AS-rn she Sheriff CT
4 Dallas county, greeting: You are hereby
commanded that you summons by pubilea,
cation, NJ. NJ. MnrrOw, Il resident citizen of
the county at Washington and state of Ar
kansas, t0 Ne and appear before the Dlstrlct
Court, 10 he holden In and for the county OF
Dallas, ut the Courthouse thereof, In the city
of Dallas, on the first Monday in Oytoibrrnext,
and then and there to answer the, petition
of the city Of Dallas, illed in said Court,
against the said NJ. NJ. Morrow, and alleging
in substance rs follows, to-wit:
That heretofore to-wit: On the 18th day of
March,, A. ID. ISL, by an order of the Mayor
and BOARD of Alderman of said city OF l,al-
las, an election was held ON the list dav of
April thereafter for the purpose of submit
ting to n vote of the real estate owners of the
city of Dallas, a proposition To tax the real
estate within the corporate limits of said city
to an amount sufficient to secure the location
of depot of the Houston and Texas Central
Railway Company, within the corporate
day and year last above written, after giving
due and legal notice OF said election, and in
pursuance of said order, said election was
voters of said oi,y of Dallas in favor Of said
taxation or the purposes aforesaid. That
Thereafter, to-wit: on the Did day of August,
A. d. 1872, an order was passed by the City
Council. said city. ordering the assessment.
levy, and collection Of special tax of ga
per cent al yalorem upon the real es-
said city, to be applied to the payment of the
purchase money of lands heretofore pur-
chased by the said city for the purpose of Sc
curing Il location of depot for the Houston
and Texas Central Railway Company, with
in the corporate limits of said city, and for
the incidental en- penscs 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 at once to
collect said taxes, according 10 law, orders
and ordinances of said city, made in relation
thereto, and the assessment rule heretofore
made by G.. w. Cochran. late Collector and
Assessor of said city of Dallas.
That in pursuance of law and said orders
and ordinances, ID. King, Assessor and Collec-
tor of said city, proceeded to give, and did
give, due and legal notice, to-wit ten days
notice by calling upon and by letter through
ant herein, of the taxes and penalty due and
owing under said assessment for depot pur-
i'll, to-wit. the sum of SlO1 -.
Said defendant was, NJ the date of said as
sessment, the owner of the following lots or
parcel of land, situated within the corporate
wit: Part of the John Grigshy League survey.
and being the same lands conveyed to u. Il
bearing date the 18th day of February, 1870,
beginning 20 feet north, 20 west, and 10 feet
north, Al east from the south corner of Il. NJ.
Hawpe's i219 acre tract; thence north g
Hawpe's southwest line 80 varas TO q sta Ike:
thence north AS, east Sl% varas TO stake:
thence south a east l5O varas TO stake:
thence south A., west ~ varas, the place OF
beginning, containing one acre Of land, more
or less, of the value of $500. Also, part of the
John Grigsby survey, and decided TO the said
defendant by Charles Carolton and wife ON
the 18th day of September, 1885, and being
one-half of the following described tract: be-
ginning at the north corner of said tract, at
Il post oak marked X, for corner, and two
hickories, bears north 90 east 81 varas, black
Jack Q inches, bears south y yaras; thence
south a, east 3ivaras TO snah black Jack for
corner; thence east l4S yGras, stake in Nc
| Kinney road, post oak "a inches, north 10,
west 50 varas black jack, south NJ, east So
varas; thence on said road south II, west To
| the center Of Caruth's branch; thence west TO
| the north corner of n two-acre tract, sold by
the said defendant TO Robert Spears; thence
south 10 the southwest corner OF said tract;
| thence north -, east 2US varas 10 the begin
ming, containing 20 acres, more or hess, sah
| oue-half of said 80 acres, situated within the
corporate limits of said city, of tina value OF
tracts OF land then was, and Is, 1909, where
ON was then, as Is still, due and owing 70
| plaintiff by the defendant, the sum OF sT %,
hy the taxes assessed and levied for the pur-
poses aforesaid, and notwithstanding defend
ant has been duly requested and notined 10
pay said taxes, as required BY ordinance
aforesaid, and the same Is Justly due ana ow
ing, yet to pay the same, or any part thereof
though often requested 50 TO do the said de-
fendant has hitherto wholly failed and re-
fused, and sim fails and refuses No 20 90
are delinquent taxpayers, and an action has
accrued to plaintiff herein, and prays that
they be cited to answer this petition, thai
plaintiff have judgment for the said sum OF
Sf 20 taxes, due and owing trCm the
defendant for the purposes aforesaid, and the
further EuIn al ss -. penalty Of ~ per cent,
thereon imposed ON delinquent Taxpayers by
the ordinances of said city, and that the lieti
given by Law and ordinances on the reales.
, tate OF delinquent taxpayers he enforced
against the defendant, aud 10 this end plant
IN prays for an order to sell TIN. real estate
hereinbefore described, and fdr costs and
scr general and special relief.
Herein fail not, but have yon then and
, there before said court this writ, with your
return thereon, showing How you have exc
, cuted the same. :
-, Witness. John NJ. Laws, Clerl, Z
| g.. the District Court Of Dallas 2 -.
SEAL Given under my hand III ?
|. 49, seal OF said court. In the ~
Dallas. this, the 18th day Of June; A;lHNW
Clerk District court, Dallas cOurtf, M
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