STATE v. AKIN PRODUCTS COMPANY

No. A-5391.

286 S.W.2d 110 (1956)

STATE of Texas, Petitioner, v. AKIN PRODUCTS COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., and W. V. Geppert, W. W. Guild and L. P. Lollar, Asst. Attys. Gen., for petitioner.

Ewers, Cox & Toothaker, Orville I. Cox, William E. York, Robert H. Kern, Jr., and Cox, Patterson & Freeland, McAllen, Kelley, Looney, McLean & Littleton and Ralph L. Alexander, Edinburg, for respondents.


HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

In a well-considered opinion the Court of Civil Appeals has correctly decided this case. 279 S.W.2d 409. No reason is perceived why the most of that opinion should not be adopted by this court and published in our official reports. We therefore quote with approval therefrom as follows:

"Plaintiffs sued the State of Texas to recover taxes that they claim they paid to the State under the duress of an...

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