Tooke v. City of Mexia
Texas Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hecht
in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, and Justice GREEN joined.
Scores of Texas statutes provide, variously, that individuals and entities, public and private, may “sue and (or) be sued”, “(im)plead and (or) be impleaded”, “be impleaded”, “prosecute and defend”, “defend or be defended”, “answer and be answered”, “complain and (or) defend”, or some combination of these phrases, in court. 1 The phrases are also used in municipal charters and ordinances and in corporate articles and bylaws. Read in context, they sometimes waive governmental…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part; Dissent.
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