Cedillo v. Gaitan

OPINION

DUNCAN, Justice.

Rodolfo and Maria Antonia Cedillo appeal the summary judgment against them in their suit to recover two tracts of land sold at a tax sale to Uvalde County Independent School District and later resold by the School District to the Gaitans and the Reynas. We hold the summary judgment evidence conclusively establishes the Cedillos’ claim is barred by the limitations provision contained in the applicable version of section 33.54(c) in the Texas Tax Code. As a result, the School District, as “the purchaser at the tax sale,” and the Gaitans and Reyna, as “its successors in…