Legal Opinion
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 55 v. Carr
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 20, 1963No. A-9735PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEAKLEY, Justice.
Relator is Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 55. It seeks a writ of mandamus to require Respondent to approve its bond issue. The Attorney General refused to approve the bonds on the ground that Relator was created in 1963 in violation of Article 7880-la which, he says, forbids the creation of a Fresh Water Supply District. The full text of Article 7880-la 1 follows:
“An Act providing that Water Control and Improvement Districts and underground water conservation districts may be created only according to the provisions of Section 59 of Article 16 of the…
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