Legal Opinion

City of Houston v. Scottish Rite Benevolent Ass'n

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 4, 1921No. 2910PublishedCited by 88 opinions

Questions certified from the Court ;of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. The City of Houston sued the Scottish Rite Benevolent Association for taxes on its property. The case being submitted under an agreed statement of facts, judgment went for defendant, and this was affirmed on plaintiff’s appeal, but on motion for rehearing the question involved was certified to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood

In this case the parties made the following agreement.

“On the trial of the above entitled and numbered cause the same is and shall hereby be submitted upon the agreed statement of facts hereinafter set forth which said statement constitutes all the facts presented at the trial, and that the sole and only question to be determined by the trial court as well as the Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court, in the event of an appeal, is as to whether or not under the agreed statement of facts the defendant, the Scottish Rite Benevolent Association, of Houston, Texas, is liable to the payment…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Morris v. Lone Star Chapter No. 6Texas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Phila. v. Masonic HomeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
  3. Minns v. BillingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  4. Widows' & Orphans' Home of O. F. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
  5. Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free & Accepted Masons v. Board of ReviewIllinois Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by88 opinions

  1. Morrow v. CorbinTexas Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. North Alamo Water Supply Corp. v. Willacy County Appraisal DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Hilltop Village, Inc. v. Kerrville Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Boyd v. Frost National Bank of S.A.Texas Supreme Court · 1946

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