Basham v. Holcombe
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Chas. Eashe, Judge. Suit by Charles S. Basham against Oscar F. Holcombe, as Mayor, and others. From a decree dissolving a restraining order and refusing an application for injunction, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
In this petition, Charles S. Basham, a taxpaying citizen of the city of Houston, appeals from a decree of the Eleventh district court of Harris county dissolving a restraining order previously issued in the matter and refusing his application as-such resident for an injunction against the-mayor, the commissioners, and the comptroller of the city to restrain them from, in their-official capacities, entering into a contract with Charles K. Horton for the construction of certain improvements at the; city’s cotton shed and wharves adjacent to the Turning Basin, as well as from paying him…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sutherland v. City of WinnsboroCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
- Moore v. HeldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Houston Electric Co. v. Mayor Etc., CityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Turner v. CruzenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886
- Pendleton v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1905
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