Bullock v. Earle M. Jorgensen Co.

HUTCHINSON, Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Earle M. Jorgensen Co., a Delaware Corporation, to recover franchise taxes paid under protest pursuant to Tex.Tax.-Gen.Ann. art. 1.05. The trial court entered judgment for appellee for the sum of $69,057.61, with interest thereon, and this appeal was perfected by appellants, Bob Bullock, Comp-*13trailer of Public Accounts of Texas; Mark White, Attorney General of Texas; and, Warren G. Harding, Treasurer of the State of Texas. The case involves the determination of the amount of franchise taxes owed by the surviving corporation resulting…