Gone After The Tax

Typed as spelled and written

Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT

Thirteenth Year - Number 41

Marlin, Texas, December 11, 1902

GONE AFTER THE TAX.

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COUNTY ATTORNEY WANTS HAMRICKS TO PAY UP.

Austin, Tex., Dec. 20.--George Carter, county attorney of Falls county, is here from his at Marlin and today had a conference with the attorney-general regarding one of the most celebrated land cases in Texas. It is the famous E. G. Hanrick land case which was begun in the courts of Texas in 1878. The original case itself involved eleven leagues of land, several leagues of which are situated in Falls county. The case had gone to the United States supreme court on two occasions and is not as yet settled. Mr. Carters is here, however, only in connection with the tax feature of the case. Hanrick bought the land about thirty years ago and upon his death some of his heirs came from Ireland and claimed the land. Then began the endless litigation. Finally the case went up to the supreme court on the question as to whether the foreign heirs were entitled to the land or not. That tribunal held that they were. During all this time that this land was in litigation no taxes weae (sic) paid upon it and Mr. Carter is now trying to recover the back taxes due on the land situated in Falls county and the case still being on the attorney-general's docket. Mr. Carter was conferring with him as to the next step to e taken in the case. Mr. Carter says that a large amount of taxes are involved, and it is believed that a satisfactory compromise wil(l) be made in the case.

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas.