Smith v. Padgett

KEITH, Justice.

Plaintiffs have appealed from an adverse judgment rendered in a bench trial. The principal issue involved in the appeal is whether plaintiffs are entitled to have their property assessed under the agricultural use provisions of Article 8, Sec. 1-d, Constitution of Texas. Plaintiffs sued the Town of Sunnyvale and Sunnyvale Independent School District, the joint tax assessor-collector of the two entities and the Board of Trustees of the School District. We will speak of the defendants collectively since a common defense has been tendered by the parties.

The property involved…