Jimmy Swaggart Ministries v. City of Arlington

OPINION

HUGHES, Justice

(Retired, Sitting by Assignment).

Appellant, plaintiff below, appeals from the trial court’s denial of its motion to reinstate its suit after it was dismissed for want of prosecution.

We affirm.

Appellant filed suit in January of 1978, contesting appellee taxing authorities’ failure to recognize as tax-exempt certain real and personal property it owned which was used in connection with the radio station it owned and operated. Appellant sought tax-exempt status on the basis that the property was an “actual place of religious worship ... used exclusively to support and serve…