State ex rel. Howard v. City of Wichita Falls

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

The question determinative of the case presented on appeal is whether its possession of the easement for pipeline purposes entitled the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to annex territory outside its territorial jurisdiction.

The Municipal Annexation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St. Art. 970a, Sec. 7, subd. A, reads as follows: “A city may annex territory only within the confines of its extraterritorial jurisdiction; provided, however, that such limitation shall not apply to the annexation of property owned by the city annexing the same.”

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