Turknett v. Bandy

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

On March 18, 1976, The Board of Commissioners of the City of Temple, Texas, the governing body of the City of Temple, a home-rule municipal corporation, passed an ordinance and annexed a tract of land therein described. On March 19, 1976, appellants filed a lawsuit asking for a declaratory judgment that the ordinance was invalid and void.

The trial court granted appellees’ motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The gist of appellants’ pleadings is that the City’s governing body failed to follow the provisions1 of the City Charter of Temple which requires that no…