Legal Opinion
Lewisville Independent School District v. CH Townhomes, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
Decided April 21, 2011No. 02-10-00338-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BILL MEIER, Justice.
I.INTRODUCTION
Appellant Lewisville Independent School District (LISD) appeals an order denying its plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss. Because we hold that tax code section 31.11 does not clearly and unambiguously express a legislative intent to waive governmental immunity from suit, we will reverse the trial court’s order and render judgment dismissing Appellee CH Townhomes, Inc.’s (CHT) suit against LISD.
II.FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
CHT filed its original petition for a tax refund against LISD in July 2008. It alleged that LISD had sued it in…
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