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Simpson v. City of Nacogdoches

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 18, 1912PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Nacogdoches County; James I. Perkins, Judge. Action by A. D. Simpson and another against the City of Nacogdoches and others. Prom an order refusing a temporary injunction, plaintiffs appeal.

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Appeal from District Court, Nacogdoches County; James I. Perkins, Judge. Action by A. D. Simpson and another against the City of Nacogdoches and others. Prom an order refusing a temporary injunction, plaintiffs appeal. This suit was brought by the appellants, A. D. Simpson and O. E. Hubbard, citizens and taxpayers of the city of Nacogdoches, who sue for themselves and other citizens and taxpayers of said city, and the Nacogdoches Light & Power Company, a corporation having its domicile in said city, against said city and its mayor and board of aldermen, who are each and all named in the…

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.

(after stating the facts as above). [1] From the foregoing statement of the facts established upon the hearing in the court below, the bonds, the sale of which plaintiffs sought to have enjoined, were in fact sold and delivered before the application for temporary injunction was heard, and therefore no injunction against their sale could have been granted.

[2] Upon this state of facts, if the validity of the bonds can be inquired into at all in this proceeding, to which the purchaser is not a party, said bonds having been duly approved and certified by the Attorney General and registered in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Skinner v. City of Santa RosaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Alabama Power Co. v. City of GuntersvilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  2. City of Beaumont v. Matthew Cartwright Land & Improvement Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  3. Keokuk Waterworks Co. v. KeokukSupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
  4. City of Amarillo v. W. L. Slayton Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1919
  5. City of Vernon v. MontgomeryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924

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