High Court Wills Hear School Taxation Suit
The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear a case over school district taxation of a road contractor R. W. McKinney's moving equipment. A Nacogdoches court held $68,586 back taxes due. the Tyler appeals court cut to $25,664 and split tax liability between McKinney's own gear and that of partner companies in other counties. The appeals court allowed taxation in the district where movable property is based but noted some assets taxed in other counties. It also found back taxes 1962-64 barred by a four year limit, while 1960 and 1965-69 taxes were collectible.
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Texas Supreme Court
Nacogdoches
R. W. McKinney
Nacogdoches Independent
Tyler
Peals Court
McKinney
Leo
Washington
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Daniz
Opporiun- Udail
Anizona
Plaque Presented Over Dewey Trumann Headline at Truman Library
In Independence Missouri AP says a plaque bearing the Chicago Daily Tribune headline Dewey defeats Truman was given to the Harry S Truman Library. Harold Grumhaus Tribune Company chair and CEO and Clayton Kirkpatrick editor presented it on Wednesday calling the headline the most inaccurate ever published. The incorrect headline appeared on 30,000 copies of the second edition.
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Independence. Mo
Chicago Daily Tribune
Dewey
Truman
Harry
Grumhaus
Chicago Tribune
District Can Condemn City Land For School
The Supreme Court upheld the Austin Independent School District’s right to condemn 32.2 acres of city park land for a new high school, reversing a prior appellate ruling. The ruling dismissed a challenge by Austin residents and the Sierta Club, who argued a city charter election was required before park land could be sold.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Austin Independent School District
3Rd Court of Civil Appeals
Sierta Club
County Court-at-law No. 2
Supreme Court
Watchman Is Awarded $177,000
A San Antonio night watchman, Rubén Rodríguez, was awarded $177,000 in damages by the Texas Supreme Court after a ladder rung broke at a construction site, causing a fall. Testimony noted the rung defect and that two nails should have secured the rungs. The subcontractor Harwell & Harwell contested that Norman Harwell Associates bore responsibility. The court accepted the lower court ruling without a written opinion.
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Civil Appeals Court
Rodriguez
Supreme Court
Insurance Firm Must Defend Collision Victim Regardless of Misrepresentation
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that an insurer must provide a lawyer for a policyholder in an automobile liability case even if the insured misrepresented the vehicle use. The decision reaffirmed that misstatement of business use does not void coverage, allowing Harrington to prevail and recover legal fees.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Waco Court of Civil Appeals
Waco
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co
Nell Harrington
H. L. Harrington
Harrington
Aetna
Court Upholds Conviction of Murderer
The Court of Criminal Appeals sustained the murder for hire conviction of Robert Edward Akridge, 32, for the 1966 killing of Pasadena physician Dr. Robert Pendleton. The court cut the death sentence to life imprisonment following a commutation by Gov. Preston Smith after the Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional as applied. Akridge claimed coercion over a 1968 Texas Ranger interview. the court ruled the evidence supported a voluntary statement. He confessed to being hired for 1800 dollars, waiting in ambush at Red Bluff General Hospital and firing two shots before fleeing.
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Akridge
Texas
Pasadena
Pendleton
Red Bluff General Hospital
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Weatherford
R. G. Smith
Leon Douglas
Appeals Court
Odessa American
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