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NUECES COUNTY v. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY

No. 07-0166.

246 S.W.3d 651 (2008)

NUECES COUNTY, Petitioner, v. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Chaves, James W. Wray Jr., Chaves, Resendez & Rivero, L.L.P., Laura Garza Jimenez, Nueces County Attorney, Corpus Christi, TX, for Petitioner.

Wm. G. Burnett, John H. Miller, Attorney At Law, David H. Aken Jr., County Attorney, Sinton, TX, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Nueces County collected ad valorem taxes on property later determined in a boundary dispute to belong to its neighbor San Patricio County. We must decide whether governmental immunity protects Nueces County from San Patricio County's suit to recover the taxes that it paid. We hold that it does, and reverse the court of appeals' judgment.

San Patricio County sued Nueces County under Local Government Code section 72.009 to establish their common...

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