Legal Opinion
Housing Authority of the City of Harlingen v. Valdez
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided December 17, 1992No. 13-91-490-CVPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BISSETT, Justice.
This is an appeal by the Housing Authority of the City of Harlingen (“the Housing Authority”), plaintiff in the court below, from a dismissal of its petition for a declaratory judgment. We reform the judgment, and as reformed, affirm.
The question to be resolved is whether the court below erred as a matter of law in dismissing the appellant’s declaratory judgment action for want of subject matter jurisdiction. We answer the question in the negative.
BACKGROUND
Raquel Valdez, an employee of the Housing Authority, filed suit against the Housing Authority, Elias J. Zamora…
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