Bland Independent School District v. Blue

in which Justice OWEN, Justice BAKER, Justice ABBOTT, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice GONZALES joined.

Two taxpayers sued their school district to prohibit it from paying future installments due on a lease-purchase financing agreement they claim is illegal. The district filed a plea to the jurisdiction, challenging the taxpayers’ standing to sue. The trial court heard evidence on the plea and sustained it in part but overruled it in part. On the district’s interlocutory appeal, the court of appeals held that a ruling on a plea to the jurisdiction must be based solely on allegations in the…