Merritt v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court of Val Verde. Tried below before Hon. B. C. Thomas.
1Opinion of the Court
NEILL, Associate Justice.
This is a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto, instituted by the State of Texas by the district attorney of the Sixty-third Judicial District, upon the relation of G. W. Tom and others against appellants, averred in the information to be unlawfully claiming to be the mayor, aldermen and city marshall of the alleged pretended municipal corporation of Del Rio—the purpose of the suit being to have, declared void the incorporation of said alleged pretended • city.
The information alleges, in substance: That on the 16th day of May, 1905, James McLymont, and a number…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ewing v. State Ex Rel. PollardTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- State ex rel. Taylor v. EidsonTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- State Ex Rel. Perrin v. HoardTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- State v. Town of BairdTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- State of Texas v. MerchantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
3Cited by7 opinions
- State ex inf. Major v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Hunt v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
- State Ex Rel. Brauer v. City of Del RioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- State Ex Rel. Burchill v. City of PolytechnicCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
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