Legal Opinion
City of Highland Park v. Dallas Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 29, 1922No. 8784. [fn*]PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a general demurrer to appellant's petition for mandamus.
It was alleged that Highland Park was incorporated as a municipality in 1913 under the Town and Village Act of the State of Texas (Rev.St. 1911, §§ 1006-1069) and thereafter, in conformity with statutory provisions, the incorporation was changed so that it became incorporated as a city or town "with all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and franchises conferred by the Constitution and acts of the Legislature upon cities and towns."
Appellee, Dallas Railway Company, was alleged to be a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Reading v. United Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Southern Wisconsin Railway Co. v. City of MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Mayor of New York v. Harlem Bridge, Morrisania & Fordham Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Railway Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- State ex rel. City of West Allis v. Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Rodriguez v. Court of Appeals, Eighth Supreme Judicial DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
- Harris v. Jones, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1999
- In Re Lufkin Industries, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2010
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