City of Wichita Falls Ex Rel. L. E. Whitham & Co. v. Williams

The City of Wichita Falls is incorporated under the Home Rule Amendment to the Constitution and legislative Acts with reference thereto, including the Street Improvement Act, which it has adopted. The case is in the Supreme Court on certified questions. The primary question to be determined is whether or not a special assessment for street improvements is included within the word “taxes” in the excepting clause of Section 50, Article 16, the homestead section of the Constitution. It is admitted that this Court in the case of Higgins v. Bordages, 88 Texas, 458, held that such assessments were…