Morris v. Lone Star Chapter No. 6
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. A jury being waived, the trial judge filed the following conclusions found by him: “ 1. The allegations of facts in the petition are true. 3. The plaintiff is an institution of purely public charity, and its lots and building are occupied by it, and are not leased or used with view to profit; its rents and moneys are appropriated to sustaining it as a charitable institution.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. A. S. Walker. A jury being waived, the trial judge filed the following conclusions found by him: “ 1. The allegations of facts in the petition are true. 3. The plaintiff is an institution of purely public charity, and its lots and building are occupied by it, and are not leased or used with view to profit; its rents and moneys are appropriated to sustaining it as a charitable institution. As matter of law the court holds: that the property described in petition is exempt from, taxation. Decree will be rendered perpetuating the injunction. “A. S.…
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
Appellee, a corporation organized as alleged for purposes of purely public charity, brought this suit to restrain the appellant, as tax collector for Travis county, from proceeding to enforce the collection of taxes assessed upon its property in the city of Austin. The property assessed consists of a parcel of land in the city, upon which is erected a three story brick building, which is known as the “Masonic Temple.” The record shows “that the third or upper story of said building is divided into convenient rooms,' which are occupied and used by plaintiff and other…
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