Bexar County v. Barlow

Bexar County sued the members of the Bexar County Home Rule Charter Drafting Commission to obtain a declaratory judgment. It sought to determine whether it should call an election at a cost of $30,000 although, as it asserted, the required number of public hearings had not been held as. required by Section , 11(f), Article 1606a, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., and also numerous charter proposals were or might be unconstitutional. The Drafting Commission filed a plea in abatement and contended that the validity and constitutionality of the proposed charter presented political and not judicial…