Canutillo Independent School District v. City of El Paso

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

Plaintiff, Canutillo Independent School District, appeals from summary judgment granted to the City of El Paso holding that lands belonging to the City lying within the school district were exempt from the district’s ad valorem taxes regardless of the question of the public purpose use of the lands. We affirm.

In proceeding to summary judgment, the parties relied only on their pleadings and upon matters of which the trial Court took judicial notice. The plaintiff alleged that the school district consists of some fifty square miles in area, and that the City of El Paso owns…