OLD FARMS OWNERS ASS'N, INC. v. HOUSTON ISD

No. 07-0924.

277 S.W.3d 420 (2009)

OLD FARMS OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. and Susan C. Lee, Trustee of the Trust Created Under Article IV of the Will of Katherine P. Barnhart, Deceased, Petitioners, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Zabel, Leslie A. Hipp, Zabel Freeman, L.L.P., Justin Whitley, Burns Wooley Marseglia & Zabel, LLP, Houston, for petitioners.

Jose Padilla, Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, El Paso, Sipra Syngal, Daughtry & Jordan PC, Pankaj R. Parmar, Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP, Houston, for respondent.

Stephen A. Kuntz, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, for other.


PER CURIAM.

In this tax delinquency suit, we decide whether the 2001 amendments to section 33.04 of the Tax Code apply to a case originally filed in 1999, nonsuited, and then refiled in 2002. We hold that the amendments do not apply in this instance and, therefore, reverse the court of appeals and reinstate the trial court's judgment.

Respondents, multiple taxing units in the Harris County and Houston area ("Taxing Units"), sued Susan C. Lee, the trustee of...

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