Board of Education v. Board of Education

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is a controversy between two school districts concerning the right to collect school taxes. The plaintiff appellee, Campbell County School District, was granted an injunction and recovered a judgment of approximately $18,000 against defendant appellant, Southgate Independent School District. The latter was allowed a set-off of approximately $7,000.

In 1937 Southgate was a sixth class city. In that year it annexed certain outlying territory, which is the root of this controversy. Eight years later in 1945, the Board of the Independent District assessed school taxes…