Coffee v. City of Alvin

MORSE, Justice.

This appeal arose from a property tax dispute. Appellant John Coffee filed suit against appellees, the City of Alvin, Alvin Community College, and Alvin Independent School District, seeking an injunction to prohibit the collection of ad valorem taxes assessed. Appellant alleged that in 1977 the valuation of his property was increased in amounts ranging from 140% to 500% and that such values were discriminatory and grossly excessive. Shortly thereafter, ap-pellees brought a separate suit for the collection of the delinquent taxes due on ap pellant’s property. Upon appellant’s…