Peck v. City of San Antonio
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Hoonan. The statement of the case of Giddings v. San Antonio, 47 Tex., 549, and which will be found in the opinion in that case delivered by Chief Justice Roberts, will apply to the present case.
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Error from Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. George H. Hoonan. The statement of the case of Giddings v. San Antonio, 47 Tex., 549, and which will be found in the opinion in that case delivered by Chief Justice Roberts, will apply to the present case. The tribunal which decided, as a court of last resort, the ease of San Antonio v. Lane, was appointed by Brevet Major-General Griffin, while commanding the forces of the United States in Texas, on the 10th of September, 1867, more than two years after all resistance to the authority of the United States had ceased in this State. That officer, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Bonner, Associate Justice.
This was a suit instituted on three bonds, with coupons attached, issued by the city of San Antonio under section 12 of “ An act to incorporate the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad Company,” approved September 5, 1850. A demurrer to the petition having been sustained, the cause was dismissed and the plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error.
There is no question raised as to the regularity of the proceedings under which the bonds were issued, but one of want of power only to issue them, on the ground that the law under which the proceedings were had was in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Giddings v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- City of San Antonio v. LaneTexas Supreme Court · 1869
- Taylor v. MurphyTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- City of San Antonio v. GouldTexas Supreme Court · 1871
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Wade v. Atlantic Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1906
- Cooper v. AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Peoples National Bank v. MulkeyTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- Holland v. VotawCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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