Ayala v. City of Corpus Christi

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

This is a suit brought by Henry Ayala individually and doing business as Custom Ambulance Service to enjoin the City of Corpus Christi from purchasing and operating ambulances in the use of a public ambulance system. The suit was brought under the authority of Article IX, Sec. 18 of the City Charter which allows any citizen who is a property taxpayer of the City to maintain an action to restrain the execution of any illegal or unauthorized or fraudulent agreement or contract on the part of the City. At the conclusion of all the evidence the trial court held for the…