State Ex Rel. Edwards v. Montgomery
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Floyd County; L. S. Kinder, Judge. Quo warranto by the State of Texas, on the relation of T. H. Edwards, against W. T. Montgomery and others. Petition dismissed, and relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
This is a suit in the nature of a quo warranto against the municipal officers of the town of Floydada, filed the 13th day of July, A. D. 1911, to test the validity of the incorporation of said town. Relator alleged that said town had never been legally incorporated, because (1) the petition to the county judge, asking for the election, fails to specifically set out the boundaries of the proposed incorporation, and (2) is not accompanied by a map or plat showing the specific boundaries thereof; that the order of the county judge, ordering the election, is void for the reason that (3) no proper…
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