Legal Opinion

Gragg v. Cayuga Independent School District

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1976No. B-5444PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DANIEL, Justice.

This is a suit by the school district to collect ad valorem taxes on ranch land owned by O. L. Gragg for the years 1971, 1972 and 1973. Mr. Gragg’s defense is that the denial of an agricultural use designation for his land was contrary to law. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of the school district and the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 525 S.W.2d 32. We granted the writ to examine apparent differences between holdings in former cases and the manner in which the Court of Civil Appeals arrived at its judgment in this case. Although differing with its opinion in some…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. State v. WhittenburgTexas Supreme Court · 1954
  2. Cramer v. SheppardTexas Supreme Court · 1942
  3. State v. HouserTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Deason v. Orange County Water Control & Improvement No. OneTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  5. In Re the Accounting SlocumNew York Court of Appeals · 1901

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3Cited by62 opinions

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  5. Wilson v. Galveston County Central Appraisal DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1986

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