Legal Opinion
Davies v. Meyer
Texas Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1976No. B-5687PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
The single question presented by this appeal is whether under the factual development of this case, a church camp is exempt from ad valorem taxation as an “actual place of religious worship,” as that phrase is used in section 2, article VIII 1 of the Texas Constitution and sections l, 2 la, 3 and 2a, 4 article 7150, Texas Revised Civil Statutes. A. Donald Davies, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Texas, filed this suit to obtain a declaratory judgment that Camp Crucis, a one hundred fifty-five acre church camp, was exempt from taxation. The trial court after a non-jury…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by44 opinions
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