Maverick County Tax Rate Lawsuit Scheduled for Motion for Summary Judgment Hearing on June 12th

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Both parties in the pending lawsuit regarding the Maverick County 2016 Property Tax Rate have filed competing Motions for Summary Judgment in the 293rd Judicial District Court, Maverick County, Texas, which have been scheduled for hearing at 9 A.M. on June 12, 2017 before specially assigned District Judge W.C. Kirkendall.

A Motion for Summary Judgment is a request by a party to the Court (Judge) that there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute in the case and a final decision or judgment may be rendered based on the law.

Plaintiff Ethelvina I. Felan, a Maverick County Taxpayer, and her attorneys believe that there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute regarding the approval of the 2016 Maverick County Tax Rate by Maverick County Commissioners Court as well as the denial of the Taxpayers Petition for a Tax Rollback Election on the 2016 County Tax Rate that they are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.

Defendants Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo, County Commissioners Jerry Morales Roberto Ruiz, Rosy Cantu, and Pete Venegas, Jr., and County Elections Administrator Teodoro Roy Schmerber and their attorneys similarly believe that they are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law because there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute in the case.

District Judge Kirkendall will hear oral arguments from both parties’ attorneys on June 12th and may decide that date which party is entitled to judgment, or may deny the motions for summary judgment and proceed to schedule a trial on the merits in the immediate future. Stay tuned.

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Both parties in the pending lawsuit regarding the Maverick County 2016 Property Tax Rate have filed competing Motions for Summary Judgment in the 293rd Judicial District Court, Maverick County, Texas, which have been scheduled for hearing at 9 A.M. on June 12, 2017 before specially assigned District Judge W.C. Kirkendall.

A Motion for Summary Judgment is a request by a party to the Court (Judge) that there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute in the case and a final decision or judgment may be rendered based on the law.

Plaintiff Ethelvina I. Felan, a Maverick County Taxpayer, and her attorneys believe that there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute regarding the approval of the 2016 Maverick County Tax Rate by Maverick County Commissioners Court as well as the denial of the Taxpayers Petition for a Tax Rollback Election on the 2016 County Tax Rate that they are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.

Defendants Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo, County Commissioners Jerry Morales Roberto Ruiz, Rosy Cantu, and Pete Venegas, Jr., and County Elections Administrator Teodoro Roy Schmerber and their attorneys similarly believe that they are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law because there are no genuine issues of fact in dispute in the case.

District Judge Kirkendall will hear oral arguments from both parties’ attorneys on June 12th and may decide that date which party is entitled to judgment, or may deny the motions for summary judgment and proceed to schedule a trial on the merits in the immediate future. Stay tuned.