MORRIS v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 11-0650.

388 S.W.3d 310 (2012)

Ned B. MORRIS III, et al., Petitioners, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandford Lawrence Dow , Dow Golub Remels & Beverly LLP, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Ada Caplan.

Timothy Andrew Hootman , Houston, TX, for Other interested party Rosalie Dahl.

Ted Dahl, pro se.

Lawrence D. Pennoni , Spring, TX, for Other interested party Lanterra LLO.

Thomas Alan Ryan , Fidelity National Law Group, Las Vegas, NC, for Other interested party Perry Homes.

Jeffrey J. Messock , Messock & Walton, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Pinemont Park Homeowners Association.

Billy Jack Farley , B J Farley P C, Houston, TX, for Other interested party Whitney National Bank.

James Russell III, pro se.

Bertrand C. Moser , Stephen G. Hunt , Hunt & French PLLC, Houston, TX, for Ned B. Morris, III.

Anthony W. Nims , Victoria `Tory' Duncan Vonder Haar , Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, Houston, TX, F. Duane Force , Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP, Austin, TX, for Houston Independent School District.


PER CURIAM.

In this case we must decide whether taxpayers who were sued for nonpayment of property taxes lost their entitlement to contest liability based on non-ownership when the taxing authorities non-suited after the taxpayers paid the disputed taxes under protest. We hold that they did not. Accordingly, the court of appeals erred in reversing the trial court's denial of the taxing authorities' plea to the jurisdiction...

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