BERNHARDT v. PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. A-7157.

324 S.W.2d 163 (1959)

Carl H. BERNHARDT et al., Petitioners, v. PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carruth & Gray, Port Arthur, for petitioners.

Fuller & Fuller, Port Arthur, for respondent.


CULVER, Justice.

The respondent, Port Arthur Independent School District, sued petitioners, Carl H. Bernhardt and wife, for taxes, penalties and interest due and owing for the years 1954 and 1955. Petitioners defended on the ground that the assessment on their property was not equal and uniform with the assessments made by respondent on other similar property within the district; that it was illegal, arbitrary and confiscatory, and the assessment was at a much higher...

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