McHale v. Coppell Independent School District

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Appellants Thomas J. McHale and sixteen other persons on July 3, 1963 filed this class suit against appellees Coppell Independent School District and its Trustees and its Tax Collector. Appellants seek (1) a writ of mandamus directing the School District and its administrators to perform their lawful duties in the assessing and collecting of ad valorem taxes for the year 1963; and (2) an injunction enjoining the District and its administrators (a) from further utilizing an illegal scheme of taxation referred to as the “Leslie Scheme” which has been used in the past; and…