City of Mesquite v. Malouf

CORNELIUS, Justice.

Appellee Eblen Malouf, individually and as trustee, filed suit against appellants, the City of Mesquite and the Mesquite Independent School District, to recover allegedly excessive ad valorem taxes paid on 247.499 acres of land. Appellee contended that he was entitled to have appellants assess his land for taxes on consideration of only those factors related to agricultural use, as provided by Article VIII, Sec. 1-d of the Constitution of the State of Texas, 1 but that appellants refused to do so.

Trial was to the court without a jury. The court concluded that appellee was…