Legal Opinion

City of Bonham v. Southwest Sanitation, Inc.

Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)

Decided February 8, 1994No. 06-93-00067-CVPublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Southwest Sanitation, Inc. recovered judgment against the City of Bonham for damages for breach of a waste handling contract. The City appeals, contending, among other things, that there is legally insufficient evidence to establish that the contract as claimed by Southwest was ever adopted. The City also contends that, if there was a contract as described by Southwest, it was void because it contravened Tex. Const, art. XI, § 5. We sustain these points of error and will reverse and render a take-nothing judgment.

Southwest provided waste disposal services for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Canales v. LaughlinTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Graves v. HornTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  3. McNeal v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Harris County v. DowlearnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Sluder v. City of San AntonioTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. City of Paris and Kevin Carruth v. Ranger Abbott, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2011
  2. Base-Seal, Inc. v. Jefferson County, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1995
  3. Southern Disposal, Inc. v. City of Blossom, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2005
  4. La Villa Independent School District v. Gomez Garza Design, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2002
  5. In Re DupontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2004

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