Legal Opinion
Forwood v. City of Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1948No. A-1670PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewster
This is an injunction suit filed by D. F. Forwood et al, petitioners, against City of Taylor et al, respondents, in which a trial court judgment refusing an injunction was affirmed by the court of civil appeals. 208 S. W. (2d) 670.
For a number of years the City of Taylor has been a home-rule city under Art. XI, Sec. 5, of the Constitution of Texas. Its charter authorizes its board of commissioners to “create and appoint a Board of Equalization whose duties shall be to equalize the values of all property rendered for taxation in the City of Taylor” and to “prescribe the qualifications * * *…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Huff v. City of Wichita FallsTexas Supreme Court · 1932
- City of Sherman v. Municipal Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
- Beatty v. Panhandle Const. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1925
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3Cited by118 opinions
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- Central Power & Light Co. v. City of San Juan, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1998
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