City of Austin v. McCall
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. McCall sued the city of Austin and its mayor and city council to enjoin them from entering into a contemplated contract. The injunction was granted, was made perpetual on final hearing, and on appeal by defendants the judgment was affirmed, whereupon appellants' obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
On the 13th day of April, 1882, the •city of Austin, a municipal corporation organized under special act of the Legislature of Texas, entered into a contract, by ordinance duly passed by the city council, with the Austin Water, Light and Power Company of the city of Austin, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, whereby the right and privilege were granted to the company to furnish water to the city of Austin for the period of twenty years, at the rate of $12,100 per annum. This contract was carried out by both parties for a number of years,…
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