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TEXAS TURNPIKE COMPANY v. DALLAS COUNTY

No. A-4749.

271 S.W.2d 400 (1954)

TEXAS TURNPIKE COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. DALLAS COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., J. J. Fagan and Julien C. Hyer, Asst. Dist. Attys., H. P. Kucera, City Atty., Charles P. Atkinson, Asst. City Atty., and A. J. Thuss, Jr., Dallas, Archie C. Price, Grand Prairie, John Ben Shepperd, Atty., Gen., and W. V. Geppert, L. P. Lollar and J. Milton Richardson, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondents.

CALVERT, Justice.

Our principal question is whether property acquired by Texas Turnpike Company and Sam Houston Turnpike Corporation, private corporations, is exempt, under Article XI, Section 9, of the Constitution of Texas, Vernon's Ann.St., from the payment of property taxes to the State of Texas and its various political subdivisions.

Suit was by petitioners for a declaratory judgment. The trial court held the property to be exempt from taxes. The Court...

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