Lower Nueces River Water Supply District v. Cartwright
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
NORVELL, Justice.
The court below declared the Act of the Legislature creating Lower Nueces River Water Supply District null and ineffective for the stated reason, “that the boundaries of the * * * District do not close and do not encompass a complete body of land and said District is not, therefore, legally created and does not legally exist.”
The correctness ' of this holding is the principal question raised upon this. appeal. Numerous other matters are raised and discussed in the brief, many of which in our opinion fall outside the power of appellees to justiciably raise, and, considering…
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