San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District v. Nance

ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR

This is a suit by several landowners to enjoin two school districts, their boards of trustees and equalization, and the Tax Assessor and Collector and Board of Equalization of Hays County from assessing or collecting ad valorem taxes on plaintiffs’ land on any basis other than its value for agricultural use as required by Art. VIII, Sec. 1-d, of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St. The trial court rendered judgment on the verdict in favor of plaintiffs, and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 495 S.W.2d 335.

In the course of its opinion, the Court of Civil…