City of Dallas v. Union Tower Corp.

TUNKS, Chief Justice.1

Appellee Union Tower Corp. (plaintiff) filed suit against appellants City of Dallas, the Dallas Independent School District, and others (defendants) attacking the validity of the 1981 tax assessments made by defendants concerning real property owned by the plaintiff within their boundaries.2

The trial court submitted the case to the jury in seven special issues, to which the jury responded: (1) that the plaintiff rendered its realty in 1981 at an excessive value due to an accident or mistake; (2) that in making this rendition, plaintiff’s agent did not fail to exercise…