Maxwell v. White

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

For several years prior to and including the calendar year 1976 Bernard White owned 246 acres of land in the municipal limits of the Town of Flower Mound. At all material times White’s use thereof was for the raising of livestock for profit. Prior to the assessment of such property for 1976 tax purposes White filed with municipal Tax Assessor-Collector for Town of Flower Mound his “Sworn Declaration of Land for Agricultural Use” upon these acres. His attempt was to have the same qualified to be assessed for tax purposes by the provisions of the Tex.Const. art. 8,…