Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. City of Colleyville v. City of Hurst
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 31, 1975No. 17573PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SPURLOCK, Justice.
This is an appeal from a quo warranto action brought in the 141st District Court by the State of Texas by and through the District Attorney of Tarrant County, Texas, on the relation of the City of Colley-ville, against the City of Hurst, challenging the validity of the Home Rule Charter of Hurst on several grounds including the allegation that Hurst did not have the requisite 5,000 population at the time it adopted its Home Rule Charter. The State also attacks a judgment in a suit between the State of Texas, ex rel. Braswell, and Hurst, rendered May 30, 1959, in the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wagner v. WarnaschTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- Ogletree v. CratesTexas Supreme Court · 1963
- Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Abbott Laboratories v. GravisTexas Supreme Court · 1971
- Staples v. State Ex Rel. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1922
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. Lazy Nine Municipal Utility District Ex Rel. Board of Directors, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2006
- Newsom v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1996
- Irlbeck v. John Deere Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1986
- Lewis v. Drake, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1982
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