State v. Sun Oil Co. (Delaware)

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

Appellees Sun Oil Company (Delaware) and Sun Oil Company (Pennsylvania) filed suit in the district court of Travis County to recover franchise taxes paid under protest to the Comptroller of Public Accounts. After a bench trial, the district court rendered judgment that appellees recover the sum of $71,722.57 and that appellees take nothing as to their claim for the sum of $234,299.54. The State filed an appeal complaining of the rendition of the affirmative judgment for appellees and appellees perfected a cross-appeal of the judgment denying them recovery of…