LAWRENCE INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SHARP

No. 3-94-007-CV.

890 S.W.2d 886 (1994)

LAWRENCE INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. John SHARP, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; Martha Whitehead, Successor in Office to Kay Bailey Hutchison, Treasurer of the State of Texas; and Dan Morales, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled February 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Langenberg, Scott, Douglass & Luton, Austin, for appellant.

Dan Morales, Atty. Gen., Ms. Christine Monzingo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Taxation Div., Austin, for appellees.

Before POWERS, JONES and KIDD, JJ.


JONES, Justice.

Appellant Lawrence Industries, Inc. ("Lawrence") brought a tax protest suit against the Comptroller and other statutory defendants, appellees, to recover assessed franchise taxes. Tex.Tax Code Ann. § 112.053 (West 1992) (hereinafter "Tax Code"). Following a nonjury trial, the trial court rendered judgment for the Comptroller. Lawrence appeals, asserting that it was not doing business in Texas and did not have sufficient constitutional nexus with...

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