Legal Opinion
City of Sweetwater v. Hamner
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 10, 1923No. 10768. [fn*]PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
* Appeal of both parties dismissed January 30, 1924. Ed J. Hamner filed suit against the city of Sweetwater, its mayor and two commissioners, seeking to restrain the respondents from extending the water mains of the city some 2 1/2 miles beyond the city limits to the plant of the United States Gypsum Company. He alleged that under the charter of the city of Sweetwater the commissioners had the power to levy and collect within the city limits an annual tax of not exceeding 80 cents on each $100 worth of property as assessed for taxes, for general revenues, streets and bridges, and to pay the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Ottawa v. CareySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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