Legal Opinion

Perkins v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 17, 1963No. A-9284PublishedCited by 198 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding brought by the Attorney General in the name of the State of Texas to have de-*142dared invalid the incorporation of an area in Taylor County designated as the town of Impact, Texas. The trial court has held that Impact was validly incorporated, and the Court of Civil Appeals has reversed and rendered the cause for the State. Tex.Civ.App., 360 S.W.2d 555.

We reverse the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals and affirm the judgment of the trial court. We hold that even if the attempted incorporation of Impact in the first instance was void, the…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Simmons v. ArnimTexas Supreme Court · 1920
  2. McDonald v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Eddins-Walcher Butane Company v. CalvertTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. State of Texas v. BradfordTexas Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Gilmore v. WaplesTexas Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by198 opinions

  1. Martin K. Eby Construction Company, Inc. v. Dallas Area Rapid TransitCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  2. City of LaPorte v. BarfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Barr v. BernhardTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Jessen Associates, Inc. v. BullockTexas Supreme Court · 1975
  5. In the Interest of S.H.A., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1987

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