City of Dallas v. Beeman

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted October 1, 1889, by J. E. Beeman, a resident of the city of Dallas, Texas, against the city of East Dallas, a municipal corporation duly incorporated under the general laws of the State of Texas for cities and towns of under' 10,000 inhabitants. March 21, 1890, plaintiff filed his first amended original petition and made the city of Dallas a party to said suit. February 22, 1894, plaintiff filed his second amended original petition, on which he went to trial. In said petition plaintiff alleged that the city of East Dallas was merged into…