CALVERT v. WILSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

No. 11678.

443 S.W.2d 419 (1969)

Robert S. CALVERT, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas et al., Appellants, v. WILSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC., and Frank T. Wilson, dba Wilson Radio Dispatch, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Hawthorne Phillips, Exec. Asst. Atty. Gen., W. V. Geppert, Staff Legal Asst. Atty. Gen., John R. Grace, J. H. Broadhurst, Neil Williams, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellants.

James K. Presnal, Alvis Vandygriff, Austin, for appellees.


O'QUINN, Justice.

The question in this lawsuit is whether the gross receipts tax on telephone companies is applicable to the business operation carried on by appellees.

Appellees are Frank T. Wilson, doing business as Wilson Radio Dispatch, and Wilson Radio Communications, Inc., a corporation. The appellees sued the Comptroller of Public Accounts, seeking a declaratory judgment that the gross receipts tax imposed by Article 11.06, Title 122A, Taxation-General...

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