Ex Parte Lewis

(Dissenting).—At the recent Dallas term the opinion of the majority of the court was delivered, and I dissented therefrom, using the following language: "I do not believe that either the letter or the. spirit of the Constitution authorizes the opinion of the majority of the court. Charters of cities of over ten thousand inhabitants are within the sound discretion of the Legislature. All municipal charters are mere creatures of the Legislature, and there is no limitation in the Constitution upon the power of the Legislature to create municipal charters; hence I can not hold that there are some…