Legal Opinion
Fort Worth Improvement District No. 1 v. City of Fort Worth
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1913No. 2522PublishedCited by 94 opinions
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District in an appeal from Tarrant County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
The certificate of the Court of Civil Appeals of the Second District is as follows:
"The Fort Worth Improvement District Ho. 1, in pursuance of title 47, Eevised Statutes of Texas, 1911, has constructed certain levees which, according to allegations of the complainant, the City of Fort Worth, threaten to destroy certain municipal property and from a- judgment of the District Court enjoining it in the maintenance of such levees the improvement district appeals.
"As preliminary to the questions of practice certified the judgment in its entirety is here set out:
“ ‘This day came the parties by…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. FullerTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Linn v. ArambouldTexas Supreme Court · 1881
- Bradbury v. Vandalia Levee & Drainage DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Sabine & East Texas Railway Co. v. Gulp & Interstate Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1898
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by94 opinions
- State v. HaleTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Brazos River Authority v. City of GrahamTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- DuPuy v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- City of Austin v. TeagueTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- State v. SchmidtTexas Supreme Court · 1994
89 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.