Legal Opinion
Smith v. Feather
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1950No. A-2710PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hickman
Harold 0. Feather and Virginia Feather, husband and wife, owners of a tract of land 83-1/3 feet by 150 feet in the city of Houston, brought this suit against Carl E. Smith in his capacity as Assessor and Collector of Taxes for Harris County and the members of the Commissioners’ Court and Board of Equalization of Harris County to enjoin the assessing and taxing of the property for the year 1947 and subsequent years on the theory that the property was owned and used exclusively for school purposes. There are two buildings on the property, one of which is used in part by the owners as a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Red v. JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1880
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