HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO. v. CALVERT

No. A-11574.

414 S.W.2d 172 (1967)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO., Petitioner, v. Robert S. CALVERT et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGinnis, Lochridge, Kilgore, Hunter & Wilson, Lloyd Lochridge, Austin, Dillard Baker, Walter B. Morgan and Craig L. Vollmar, Houston, for petitioner.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Kerns B. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Don Bishop, Austin, for respondents.


POPE, Justice.

Humble Oil & Refining Co., a Delaware Corporation, with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas, sued the State Comptroller, Robert S. Calvert, and other proper officials, to recover certain franchise taxes paid under protest for 1963. Both Humble and the Comptroller filed motions for summary judgment. The trial court sustained Humble's motion and rendered judgment that it recover the sum of $69,921.00. The court of civil appeals reversed...

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