Mayor of Liberty v. Beard

Since this opinion was handed down, the Supreme Court has, by its order, sustained an application for transfer as to the limited issue of attorney fees and expenses claimed by defendants. The order further directs this court to modify the opinion by severance of the attorney fees and expenses from the issues in the underlying annexation case and to issue our mandate and proceed with publication of the opinion insofar as it affirms the trial court’s judgment of annexation.

The clerk of this court is, therefore, directed to issue a mandate affirming the judgment of annexation and forwarding for…