Dolenz, Life Estate v. Dallas Central Appraisal District

OPINION

Opinion By

Justice LANG-MIERS.

This is an ad valorem tax dispute. Bernard Dolenz, Life Estate, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing his lawsuit for want of subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

On December 11, 2003, Bernard Dolenz conveyed the property at 6102 Swiss Avenue in Dallas by quitclaim deed to the Universal Life Church of Texas Trust. Dolenz is trustee of ULC. Contemporaneous with the quitclaim deed, the Trust and Dolenz, as trustee, conveyed a life estate in the property to Dolenz. The conveyance also contained the following language:

For administration of the ULC of…