Ratcliff v. City of Hurst

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Plaintiffs W. N. Ratcliff, et al., are possessed of property outside the territorial limits of the defendant City of Hurst. By a purported annexation of said property of plaintiffs the city demanded and received from them municipal ad valorem taxes. By prior litigation it has been established the city had no right to collect the taxes. This suit was brought for reimbursement of such taxes received by the city for periods in which it had no right of collection.

For background, see State ex rel. Ratcliff v. City of Hurst, 458 S.W.2d 696 (Tex.Civ. App.—Fort Worth…