Legal Opinion
City of San Antonio v. San Antonio Irrigation Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided January 9, 1929No. 5086PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Judge NICKELS
delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE.
San Antonio (a home-rule city) has charter power “to establish, erect, construct, regulate and keep in repair * * * sewers, and to regulate the construction and use of the same,” etc.
In execution of that power the City constructed (within its territory) “underground sanitary sewers, drains, canals” and an “outfall”,- — terminus of the latter being outside the City’s territorial limits. Sewage for passage through those facilities was provided by “householders in said city” who made…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- California Reduction Co. v. Sanitary Reduction WorksSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- City of Brenham v. Brenham Water Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1887
- Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by15 opinions
- San Antonio River Authority v. ShepperdTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Crosbyton v. Texas-New Mexico Utilities Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Browning-Ferris, Inc. v. City of Leon ValleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Schulman v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1966
- City of Wink v. Wink Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1938
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