Delk v. City of Dallas

ODEN, Justice.

The appeal involves the jurisdiction of the 116th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. Appellee (City of Dallas) instituted suit against appellant (Mark Delk) for Two Hundred Thirty-two and No/100 Dollars ($232.00) delinquent ad va-lorem personal property taxes and for foreclosure of a tax lien against certain personal property alleged to be of a value in excess of Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($500.00). Mark Delk filed a plea to the jurisdiction in which he alleged that the averments in the petition pertaining to ownership of the personal property were false and…