Legal Opinion
City of McAllen v. Ev. Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 30, 1975No. 916PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice.
The Ev. Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, a non-profit corporation, engaged in providing nursing home services in McAllen, Texas, brought this suit to enjoin the City of McAllen and the McAllen Independent School District from levying and collecting real and personal property taxes for the year 1972 and thereafter. Plaintiff alleges it is an institution of purely public charity within the meaning of Article 8, § 2 Tex.Const., Vernon’s Ann., and Article 7150, § 7, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (1960), making it exempt from property taxation. The case was tried before…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- City of McAllen v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan SocietyTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- State v. Alliance Village, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- City of McAllen v. Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan SocietyTexas Supreme Court · 1975