Legal Opinion

Hilltop Village, Inc. v. Kerrville Independent School District

Texas Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1968No. B-142PublishedCited by 116 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEAKLEY, Justice.

The question for decision in this declaratory judgment suit brought by Petitioner, Hilltop Village, Incorporated, against the Respondent school district, is whether the properties of Hilltop Village, a nonprofit corporation engaged in providing a home for older adults, qualifies for exemption from ad valorem taxation as an institution of purely public charity. The denial of the exemption by the trial court was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 410 S.W. 2d 824. We affirm.

The case was submitted on an Agreed Statement of Facts. Hilltop Village was incorporated in Texas as…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Morris v. Lone Star Chapter No. 6Texas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Santa Rosa Infirmary v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1924
  3. City of Houston v. Scottish Rite Benevolent Ass'nTexas Supreme Court · 1921
  4. River Oaks Garden Club v. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Estate of HendersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941

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3Cited by116 opinions

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  4. The Presbyterian Homes v. Division of Tax AppealsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
  5. United Presbyterian Ass'n v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968

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