Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1936No. 7797PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The city ef Fort Worth and Independent School District of Fort Worth, each being a public corporation of Texas, having the same power of taxing property within its limits and having the same tax officers and substantially the same territorial limits, in 1927 for the first time assessed for taxation as a separate item of property the “easement” of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in the streets and alleys of Fort Worth in virtue of which its poles and wires and underground cables and conduits are maintained therein. To stop enforcement of t>he allegedly void tax by…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Davis v. WakeleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Dawson v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Wallace v. HinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Risty v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Fort Worth Independent School District v. City of Fort WorthTexas Supreme Court · 2000
- City of Houston and Houston Independent School District v. Standard-Triumph Motor Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. v. Harris County Toll Road AuthorityTexas Supreme Court · 2009
- R Communications, Inc. v. SharpTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- City of Fort Worth v. Southwest MagazineCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
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