Giddings v. City of San Antonio
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried, below before the Hon. Geo. H. Hoónan. The facts are given in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Roberts, Chief Justice.
This suit was instituted in the Bistrict Court of Bexar county, by G. H. Giddings as administrator of Emma Giddings, deceased, for the recovery of the amount of a bond and interest coupons attached, issued and delivered by the city of San Antonio to the “ San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad,” dated March 1, 1852, the principal of said bond being one thousand dollars.
The plaintiff alleges in his petition that the issuance of the bond and coupons sued upon was “ authorized by a vote of the electors of the city of San Antonio, taken in accordance with the provisions of…
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