Compass Bank v. Bent Creek Investments, Inc.

OPINION

GARDNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal involves ad valorem taxes. Appellee Bent Creek Investments, Inc. sued Appellant Compass Bank for a breach of the warranty against encumbrances in a conveyance of property by general warranty deed, seeking to recover sums that it had paid to discharge agricultural rollback tax liens on the property. Compass Bank appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of Bent Creek, contending that Bent Creek’s summary judgment evidence failed to establish that a tax lien had attached to the property at the time of the execution and delivery of the…