Legal Opinion
Sands L. Stiefer, Chief Appraiser of the Harris County Appraisal District v. Edward Moers and Daniel Moers
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided June 30, 2015No. 14-14-00617-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Rebeca Huddle, Justice
This is an appeal from the Harris County Appraisal District’s (“HCAD”) denial for tax years 2010-2012 of Edward and Daniel Moers’s request for an open-space land appraisal for land the Moerses used in their organic sheep-raising operation. The Moerses sued HCAD, the Harris County Appraisal Review Board (“HCARB”), and the Harris County Chief Appraiser, Jim Robinson, arguing that the eligibility requirements for an open-space land appraisal adopted by HCAD’s Chief Appraiser are invalid. The trial court dismissed HCARB and the Chief Appraiser and granted HCAD’s…
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