Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Graves v. City of Sulphur Springs
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 7, 1948No. 6405PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALL, Chief Justice.
This is a Quo Warranto suit brought by the State of Texas on relation of J. W. Graves and others against the City of Sul-phur Springs, a municipal corporation, to test the validity of an ordinance passed by the city annexing certain territory to the City of Sulphur Springs. The relators all live in the territory annexed.
The trial court sustained special exceptions No. 2 to 14 of the defendant’s answer to the plaintiffs’ petition; plaintiffs declined to amend and elected to abide by their pleadings, whereupon the trial court entered its judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ suit.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Houston v. State Ex Rel West University PlaceTexas Supreme Court · 1943
- Cohen v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- State v. City of WaxahachieTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Cohen v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1918
- City of Gladewater v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Pan American Production Co. v. City of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Irving v. Dallas County Flood Control DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- City of Wichita Falls v. State Ex Rel. VogtsbergerTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- City of Houston v. Houston Endowment, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- City of Grand Prairie v. State Ex Rel. CrouchCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
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