State Ex Rel. Burchill v. City of Polytechnic

The state of Texas, on the relation of Mrs. Burchill, brought suit in the district court of Tarrant county, in the nature of quo warranto, against the city of Polytechnic, its mayor and other officers, to test the validity of the incorporation of that city because of the wrongful inclusion within its boundaries of relator’s land. Judgment resulted in favor of the appellee, the city of Polytechnic, from which the relajtor prosecuted the appeal.

The town of Polytechnic was incorporated in November, 1910, under the provisions of' articles 1072 to 1076, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes of 1911.…