Legal Opinion

Diaz v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 3, 2000No. 08-99-00486-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

This is an accelerated appeal from a judgment entered in a quo warranto proceeding declaring that the City of San Elizario is not lawfully incorporated and removing Raul Diaz (the Mayor), Raul Rodriguez (Town Clerk), Juan Sanchez (Mayor Pro-Tem), Erasmo T. Payan (Alderman), Luis Borrego (Alderman), and Elizabeth Rivera (Alderwoman) from their positions as officeholders in San Elizario.1 Appellants attack the judgment by a single point of error. We affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

The City of San Elizario2 was incorporated by a special act of the Texas Legislature in…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Union Bankers Insurance Co. v. SheltonTexas Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Smith v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation, Inc. v. LewellenTexas Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Weiner v. WassonTexas Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Crawford v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2004
  2. Christian Health Care of Springfield West Park, Inc. v. LittleMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
  3. Enrique Martinez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2016
  4. Barbara Robinson, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of John Robinson v. Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc., Individually and as Successor to Mundet Cork CorporationTexas Supreme Court · 2010
  5. City of Tyler v. Liberty Utilities (Tall Timbers Sewer) Corp.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2018

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