Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. City of Dallas

POPE, Justice.

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company, hereafter called Railroad, brought suit to enjoin the City of Dallas and the Dallas Independent School District, hereafter called Dallas, from levying and collecting ad valorem taxes which it says were grossly excessive and based upon an arbitrary method of valuation. The trial court granted Dallas’ motion for summary judgment and the court of civil appeals affirmed the judgment. 594 S.W.2d 766. We reverse because of both procedural and substantive law errors. Both courts below placed the burden in the summary judgment hearing upon…