Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Merriam v. Ball
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1927No. 3936PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cureton
This case is here by writ of error from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Ninth District. It is a quo warranto proceeding, filed in one of the District Courts of Jefferson County by Marvin Scurlock, County Attorney of that county, upon the relation of W. R. Merriman and others against.M. T. Ball and others, constituting the Board of Supervisors and Tax Collector of Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 of Jefferson County, charging usurpation, and praying for a judgment of ouster. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and judgment entered in favor of the relators against the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Valley Farms Co. of Yonkers v. County of WestchesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Embree v. Kansas City & Liberty Boulevard Road DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Lower Nueces River Water Supply District v. CartwrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- Smith Bros. Inc. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
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