Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Houston Endowment, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 25, 1968No. 15287PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEDEN, Justice.
This is an appeal from the granting of an order temporarily enjoining the City of Houston, its mayor, acting tax assessor-collector and the members of its city council, from passing on final reading Ordinance 67-2146, which would annex 220 acres of unimproved land owned by Houston Endowment. The tract in question lies within a strip of land that extended 20 air miles down the Houston Ship Channel. This long strip was specially annexed by Houston in 1913 pursuant to Articles 1183-1187, inclusive, Vernon’s Annotated Texas Statutes, for the limited purposes of navigation and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Pan American Production Co. v. City of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Wichita Falls v. Bowen, TrusteeTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- City of Irving v. Dallas County Flood Control DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Lefler v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- City of Galena Park v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Houston Endowment, Inc. v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
- City of Nassau Bay v. City of WebsterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- Fox Development Company v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- May v. City of McKinneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Storm v. Ford Motor CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
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