Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 12, 1973No. 849PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTISS BROWN, Justice.
This is a tax suit.
The case involves the construction of constitutional provisions and statutes dealing with the taxation of railroad rolling stock. The question presented is whether the “mobilia” rule applies so as to permit a railroad’s domiciliary city to tax all of the railroad’s rolling stock which is attributable to the state.
Appellant, City of Houston (the City), brought this action on behalf of itself and for the use and benefit of the Houston Independent School District against appellee, Southern Pacific Transportation Company (the Company), for allegedly…
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