Legal Opinion
Zachry v. City of San Antonio
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 5, 1956No. 13031PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
City of San Antonio sued H. B. Zachry, Trustee, to have a lease contract from the City to Zachry declared null and .void. The trial court declared the contract void and Zachry has appealed.
The contract between the City and Zachry was a forty-year lease of the subsurface and certain entrances to Travis Park, a city park, by the terms of which Zachry agreed to construct and operate an off-street parking garage. Several troublesome questions are present: (1) Does the City possess the power, either by statute or its charter to maintain and operate off-street parking facilities? (2)…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Foster v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Forwood v. City of TaylorTexas Supreme Court · 1948
- City of Beaumont v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1947
- McSorley v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- City of Corsicana v. WillmanTexas Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Texas River Barges v. City of San Antonio, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2000
- Walker v. City of Georgetown, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2002
- City of Corpus Christi v. Unitarian Church of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Zachry v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- City of Abilene v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1999
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