City of Austin v. Nalle
Texas Supreme Court
This is a litigation questioning the legality of the Austin city water and light enterprise, involving the construction of a dam across the Colorado River and other large expenditures by the city, and consequent heavy taxation. Suit was brought in the District Court of Travis County by Joseph Nalle, a resident of the city and a taxpayer, against the city of Austin, the mayor and city council, and other city officers.
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This is a litigation questioning the legality of the Austin city water and light enterprise, involving the construction of a dam across the Colorado River and other large expenditures by the city, and consequent heavy taxation. Suit was brought in the District Court of Travis County by Joseph Nalle, a resident of the city and a taxpayer, against the city of Austin, the mayor and city council, and other city officers. Certain bondholders of the city were also made defendants, and relief asked against them. The petition asks a cancellation of bonds already issued and of the ordinances under…
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Associate Justice.
Thiscase comes to us upon a writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third Supreme Judicial District, by which it is sought to review a judgment of that court reversing the judgment of the trial court, and remanding the cause for a new trial.
Mr. Justice Key held himself disqualified to sit in the cause, and the judgment which is here sought to be reversed was rendered by the two other members of the court. After that judgment was rendered, the appellees, who are plaintiffs in error in this court, filed a motion for a rehearing, upon the ground, among…
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