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CHALLENGE HOMES, INC. v. COUNTY OF LUBBOCK

No. 4504.

474 S.W.2d 746 (1971)

CHALLENGE HOMES, INC., Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LUBBOCK et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Small, Herring, Craig & Werkenthin, John F. Morehead, Austin, Norvell C. Callaghan, Glenwood, Minn., Dan Moody, Jr., Austin, for appellant.

Thomas J. Purdom, County Atty., McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, Charles L. Cobb and Jack P. Driskill, Fred O. Senter, Jr., City Atty., James P. Brewster, Lubbock, Crawford Martin, Atty. Gen., Fisher A. Tyler, Austin, for appellees.

COLLINGS, Justice.

Challenge Homes, Inc. brought this suit against the County of Lubbock, the State of Texas, the City of Lubbock and the Lubbock Independent School District, asking the court to declare its property in Lubbock used as a nursing home for the elderly to be exempt from payment of ad valorem taxes. Plaintiff alleged that it was an institution of purely public charity. The case was tried before a jury and based upon the verdict, judgment was rendered declaring...

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