Legal Opinion
Alexander Ranch, Inc. v. Central Appraisal District of Erath County
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided May 21, 1987No. 11-86-192-CVPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McCLOUD, Chief Justice.
The principal issue in this case is whether or not TEX.TAX CODE ANN. sec. 23.-56(3) (Vernon 1982) violates the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. Section 23.56(3) excludes from appraisal as open-space land real property owned by a corporation controlled by nonresident aliens.
Alexander Ranch, Inc. and Wendylou Ranch, Inc. filed a petition for review in the district court 1 urging that the Erath County Appraisal Review Board erred in finding that the land which they owned should not be appraised as open-space…
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- Kahn v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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