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- Title: Freer Municipal Independent School District Et Al. v. Clinton Manges Et Al.
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas No. C-2353
- Release Date : January 20, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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Per Curiam The Freer Municipal Independent School District and others (Freer MISD) sued Clinton Manges and others (Manges) to recover delinquent school taxes. The trial court rendered judgment for the amount of taxes due, costs, attorneys' fees, interest, and foreclosing tax liens against Manges' property. The court of appeals reversed this judgment holding that the Freer MISD had no power to tax because no election authorizing taxation had been held. 653 S.W.2d 553. A majority of the court reverses the judgment of the court of appeals and affirms the judgment of the trial court. The Benavides Municipal Independent School District in Duval County historically consisted of a large area including the city of Freer. The Benavides MISD had been authorized by its voters to issue bonds and to tax to retire such bonds. On August 14, 1976, Freer voted to assume control of the schools within the Freer city limits and established the Freer Municipal Independent School District. Tex. Educ. Code Ann. 19.161. Thereafter, by petition, the Freer MISD extended its boundaries for school purposes only. Id. 19.164. This extension resulted in Manges' property, which formerly had been within the Benavides MISD, becoming a part of the Freer MISD. It is undisputed that all taxpayers involved herein, including Manges, did have the opportunity to vote in the original Benavides MISD tax election. It also is established that no similar vote has taken place since the establishment of the Freer MISD.