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COMMERCE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. v. HAMPTON

No. 5214.

577 S.W.2d 740 (1979)

COMMERCE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Appellants, v. Charles HAMPTON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1979.

Second Rehearing Denied March 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harris Morgan, Greenville, Jack L. Hart, Dallas, for appellants.

Jerry D. Johnson, Lyne, Klein, French & Womble, Carl A. Generes, Elliott, Meer, Vetter, Denton & Bates, Dallas, for appellee.

Donald A. Parks, City Atty., Greenville, Robert M. Collie, Jr., City Atty., Daniel Doherty and Jay D. Howell, Jr., Asst. City Attys., John W. Coolidge, Huntsville Ind. School Dist., Houston, Latham Boone, III, Navasota, Howard W. Perdue, Sweetwater Ind. School Dist., Arlington, filed briefs amicus curiae.

DICKENSON, Justice.

Charles Hampton sued Commerce Independent School District, City of Commerce, Commerce Water District, their tax collector and their tax collection lawyers. Hampton owns the post office building in Commerce, Texas, and he sought relief from the "Authorized Collection Expense" which defendants added to the 1974 ad valorem taxes on that property. Hampton's lawsuit, as shown by his pleadings and his brief, challenges the "Authorized Collection Expense...

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