Legal Opinion
Calvert v. Wilson Communications, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 25, 1969No. 11678PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’QUINN, Justice.
The question in this lawsuit is whether the gross receipts tax on telephone companies is applicable to the business operation carried on by appellees.
Appellees are Frank T. Wilson, doing business as Wilson Radio Dispatch, and Wilson Radio' Communications, Inc., a corporation. The appellees sued the Comptroller of Public Accounts, seeking a declaratory judgment that the gross receipts tax imposed by Article 11.06, Title 122A, Taxation-General, Vernon’s Anno.Civ.Sts., does not apply to their communications service business.
The Comptroller, joined by the State of Texas as the…
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