Lopez v. Ramirez

MURRAY, Justice.

This is a taxpayer’s suit to enjoin the Starr County Commissioners Court from issuing $1,500,000.00 in certificates of obligation under the authority of Art. 2368a.l, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. (Supp.1977), which the legislature named the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971. Suit was initiated by Leonel R. Lopez, appellant, by filing his original petition in the 229th District Court in Starr County, Texas. Cesar Leal, appellant, intervened in said suit for himself, as an ad valorem taxpayer of Starr County, and for a class of persons pursuant to Rules 42 and 60, Tex.R.Civ.P., and…