Legal Opinion
Caspary v. Corpus Christi Downtown Management District
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 10, 1997No. 13-95-520-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHAVEZ, Justice.
This is an appeal of the trial court’s granting of the plea to the jurisdiction filed by Corpus Christi Downtown Management District (“District”) in appellants’ lawsuit against the District. We affirm the trial court’s order.
Factual background
Appellants complain of the ad valorem taxation scheme of the District, which is an agency (or municipal management district) created pursuant to Chapter 375 of the Texas Local Government Code. The District taxes real property within its jurisdiction in accordance with land value only, irrespective of the value of improvements to…
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