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DALLAS COUNTY v. TEXAS TURNPIKE CO.

No. 14844.

268 S.W.2d 767 (1954)

DALLAS COUNTY et al. v. TEXAS TURNPIKE CO. et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., Julien C. Hyer, J. J. Fagan and Rufus N. McKnight, Jr., Asst. Dist. Attys., H. P. Kucera, City Atty., Dallas, Charles P. Atkinson, Asst. City Atty., Fort Worth, A. J. Thuss, Jr., Dallas, Archie C. Price, Grand Prairie, John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., and J. Milton Richardson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

J. Edward Johnson, Johnson & Abney, Millard Parkhurst, McCall, Parkhurst & Crowe, and Roy G. Baker, Dallas, and Claude Gilmer, Rock Springs, for appellees.

Paul Carrington, R. G. Storey, J. Woodall Rodgers, Joe E. Estes, J. Glenn Turner and Gordon Simpson, Dallas, on amicus curiae suggestion for Dallas Chamber of Commerce.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment. The trial court held that appellees, Texas Turnpike Company and Sam Houston Turnpike Corporation, both private corporations were exempt from the payment of City, county, school district, and state property taxes. The taxing units have appealed.

The Texas Turnpike Company, a private corporation, should not be confused with Texas Turnpike Authority, a government agency. The former, a private...

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