POPE, Justice.
Sebastian Independent School District sued Ethel Ballenger and husband for taxes upon certain real estate. Mrs. Ballenger defeated the suit on the defense that she did not own a taxable interest in the surface estate to the realty. In 1927, C. P. Barreda conveyed the property to Cameron County by an instrument which raised the question as to whether the property is taxable. The instrument is found in the footnote.
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