Crystal City Independent School District v. Griffith-Williams Cattle Co.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was brought by appellees for declaratory judgment, for a writ of mandamus, and for temporary and permanent in-junctive relief due to the adoption of an illegal and void scheme of taxation of real property for ad valorem tax purposes by the appellants. Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment which the trial court granted on the ground that the ad valorem taxes had not been levied by the school district as required by law. The school district then perfected its appeal to this court.

On August 9, 1976, the board of trustees of the school district through a…