Garza v. City of Robstown

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by a taxpaying citizen of the city of Robstown complaining of the Mayor, the City Council and members of the Board of Trustees who operate the Robstown Utility System. The defendants filed their motion to dismiss the suit, contending that the suit was in the nature of an election contest and that the same issues had been determined in a separate suit that was finally determined on appeal. The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s suit for want of jurisdiction. Whereupon appellant appeals to this Court.

The appellant as plaintiff alleged that he is a…