Legal Opinion

Greenway Parks Owners Association v. City of Dallas

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 16, 1958No. A-6580PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULVER, Justice.

In its second motion the City of Dallas challenges the statement in our original opinion to the effect that the City had the right to annex the addition without the consent of the property owners. The statement is incorrect. What we should have said is that the City had the right to annex without a formal election on the part of the landowners. We do take judicial notice of city charter provisions but these had not heretofore been called to our attention. It was not until 1945 that the City Council acquired, by charter amendment, the power to annex without the consent of the…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Dalon v. City of DeSoto, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
  2. Eastex Wildlife Conservation Ass'n v. JASPER, ETC.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Maddox v. MaxwellTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  4. City of Garland v. S. H. Lynch & AssociatesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. City of Beaumont v. FuentezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979

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