HARRIS CTY. WATER CONTROL, ETC. v. HORNBERGER

No. 17610.

601 S.W.2d 66 (1980)

HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 84 et al., Appellants, v. Hazel HORNBERGER Trust et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied May 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Underwood & Durst, Olen Underwood, J. C. Durst, Conroe, James M. Seabolt, Houston, for appellants.

Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Michael Connelly and Wm. Blanton, Jr., Houston, for appellees.


WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment refunding the total amount paid by appellees on a "benefit basis line" tax assessed and collected by appellants for the years 1973, 1974 and 1975.1

Appellees own land situated within the water district. In 1973, appellant Water District assessed a "benefit basis" tax on landowners within the district. Under protest, appellees paid the...

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