Legal Opinion
Ball v. Merriman
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 20, 1922No. 863PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* Writ of error granted January 31, 1923. This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, filed in one of the district courts of Jefferson county, by Marvin Scurlock, county attorney of Jefferson county, upon the relation of W. R. Merriman, J. M. Hebert, Oscar Whittington, Hugh Kitchen, G. R. Thomas, the Texas Company, and Walter Beaumont, against M. T. Ball, A. S. Bailey, G. E. Bliss, S.E. Gifford, C. C. Hawkins, and R.S. Stewart, constituting the board of supervisors and the tax collector of fresh water supply district No. 1 of Jefferson county, charging usurpation, and praying for…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Lower Nueces River Water Supply District v. CartwrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Scolaro v. State Ex Rel. Jones, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1999
- King v. Jefferson County Water Control & Improvement District No. 7Court of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- Dancy v. WellsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
- Opinion No., Texas Attorney General Reports1978
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