A recent opinion in the Texarkana Court of Appeals reminds us that legal procedure can be very tedious, but critical, even in the field of property tax law. In Robertson v. Gregg County, No. 06-09-00062-CV, 2009 WL 2971763 (Tex. App.—Texarkana, Sept. 18, 2009) (memo op.), the Court of Appeals affirmed a personal judgment of over $6,000, even though the petition sought under $400 in damages, solely because the taxpayer failed to bring up that fact in his motion for new trial. The appellate court admitted that an error occurred, but claimed that it did not have jurisdiction to fix the error because the taxpayer, without legal representation, failed to follow the proper procedure to appeal the issue.
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Niral Gandhi
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