Legal Opinion
Connor v. City of Paris
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 1894No. 138PublishedCited by 19 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Lamar County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
The city of Paris is a municipal corporation, created by special act of the Legislature, approved March 27, 1889, of which we quote below that part material to the determination of the questions presented in this case, as follows:
“ The city council shall be invested with full power and authority to grade, pave, repair, or otherwise improve any avenue, street, alley, or other highway, or any portion thereof within the limits of said city, whenever by a vote of two-thirds of the aldermen elected they may deem such improvement for the public interest; two-thirds of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Platter v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Merritt v. . Village of PortchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Taylor v. BoydTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Hoyt v. City of East SaginawMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
- Roundtree v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Lido Oil Co. v. W. T. Waggoner EstateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
- Pasadena Police Officers Ass'n v. City of PasadenaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
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