MHI Partnership, Ltd. v. City of League City

OPINION

Kem Thompson Frost, Chief Justice

Claimants to refunded special assessments under a municipal statute appeal the trial court’s judgment in an interpleader action. They challenge both the sufficiency of the evidence to support various fact findings and the methodology the trial court used to determine which claimants were entitled to the refunds. We sustain both challenges and conclude that the trial court erred in ordering refunds distributed to current property owners under a titleholder methodology rather thán to the payers of the assessments on a pro rata basis. We reverse and remand.