Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge v. City of Fort Worth

OPINION

RENFRO, Justice.

The plaintiff, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A. M. of Texas, brought suit under the Declaratory Judgment Act seeking judgment declaring it to be a charitable institution and therefore exempt from taxation by the City of Fort Worth arid the Fort'Worth Independent School District under the provisions of Sec. 2, Art. VIII of the State Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., and Sec. 7, Art. 7150, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St.

From an adverse summary judgment plaintiff appealed.

The Constitution provides that the legislature may, by general laws, exempt from taxation…