Byke v. City of Corpus Christi

OPINION

The precise question presented by this appeal is whether a district court has jurisdiction of the cause where the plaintiffs in their original petition, did not allege jurisdictional facts and an amended original petition was subsequently filed that, by adding new plaintiffs and aggregating all claims, did allege jurisdictional facts. This is the second time that this, a suit to recover discounts on ad valorem taxes which were paid to the City of Corpus Christi prior to delinquency, has been before this Court. The plaintiffs Lawrence E. Byke and wife, Martha Byke, filed this suit in…