Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 151 v. City of Houston

May 1, 1930, appellant, Houston Lodge No. 151, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, instituted tliis suit in the district court of Harris county, Tex., against the city of Houston and certain of its officials, wherein appellant prayed for an injunction enjoining said city and its officials from levying and collecting city and school taxes against the property'of said lodge, and asking that said city and officials be perpetually enjoined from collecting such taxes, and that appellant be decreed to be a purely public charitable institution exempt from taxation under the Constitution and laws…