Franks v. Woodville Independent School District

OPINION

This appeal concerns the procedure for claiming excess funds from a sale of real property to satisfy a property tax judgment. The trial court ruled that John L. Franks, a claimant who filed his motion within two years of the tax sale but who did not obtain a hearing on the motion before the two year period had elapsed, failed to establish his claim within two years of the sale and was therefore not entitled to the excess funds. Appellant Franks’s four issues assail the trial court’s order to disburse the excess funds to the taxing units, appellees Woodville Independent School District,…