Allen v. City of Galveston
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. In view of the opinion, when read in connection with the briefs of counsel, it is deemed unnecessary to incorporate in the statement of the case the ordinances which receive construction. They would fill several pages, and their import will be sufficiently understood from the opinion.
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Appeal from Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. William H. Stewart. In view of the opinion, when read in connection with the briefs of counsel, it is deemed unnecessary to incorporate in the statement of the case the ordinances which receive construction. They would fill several pages, and their import will be sufficiently understood from the opinion. Title IX, “streets and alleys,” of the charter of 1871, is as follows: “Article I.—Section 1. The city council shall be invested with full power and authority to grade, shell, repair, pave, or otherwise improve any avenue, street, or alley,…
1Opinion of the Court
Gould, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by the appellants, twenty-seven in number, to obtain an injunction against a sale by the tax collector of the city of Galveston of lots and parts of lots fronting on Market street, for assessments thereon for shelling the street in front of the blocks containing said lots. The advertisement of the sale, all the sections of the charter, the ordinances of the council, and the proceedings of the officials under which said assessments were made, are set forth by exact copies thereof, and the authority to make the sale and the validity thereof are…
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