C.S. Eastham v. B.A. Steinhagen
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Ninth District, in an appeal from Orange County. Eastham and others sued Steinhagen and others for injunction, which they obtained, but which was dissolved on defendants’ appeal (233 S. W., 660). Appellees thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
By special Act of the Legislature a charter was granted the City of Beaumont in 1909 (Sp. Laws, 1909, 92).
Section 2 of the charter defined the boundaries of the city.
Section 3 read: “Any territory adjoining the present or future boundaries of said city may, from time to time, in any size or shape, be admitted and become a part thereof, on application made or written consent given to the city council by the owner of owners of the land, or, as the ease may be, by a majority of the legal voters resident on the land sought to be added”.
While the city of Beaumont was incorporated under the general…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cohen v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Cohen v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- Steinhagen v. EasthamCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
3Cited by24 opinions
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- City of Houston v. State Ex Rel West University PlaceTexas Supreme Court · 1943
- City of Wichita Falls v. Bowen, TrusteeTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Laundry Co. v. Dunn HospitalWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
- Lefler v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
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