TARRANT APPRAISAL DIST. v. MOORE

No. D-2252.

845 S.W.2d 820 (1993)

TARRANT APPRAISAL DISTRICT and Tarrant Appraisal Review Board, Petitioners, v. Hans J. MOORE and George H. Moore, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Colchin Johndroe, Fort Worth, for petitioners.

D. Nicholas Acuff, Fort Worth, for respondents.


OPINION

ENOCH, Justice.

In this case, the jury was instructed that use of land "principally for recreational purposes, or as a hobby," does not qualify as an agricultural use. The jury's finding that the land failed to qualify as agricultural use prevented the land from qualifying as "open-space land" which would be entitled to favorable ad valorem tax treatment. We are asked to decide whether this instruction is erroneous. We hold that it is not erroneous...

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