Legal Opinion
Flood v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 13, 1919No. 8332PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Dallas County ; Marshall Thomas, Special Judge. Action by Ben J. Flood against the City of Dallas and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTalbot, J.
The appellant, Ben J. Flood, brought this suit against the appellees, the city of Dallas, the mayor, the commissioners, and auditor thereof, praying for a temporary injunction restraining appellees from paying over to the League of Texas Municipalities or its officers the sum of $921.04, under authority of the following resolution passed by the board of commissioners of said city on the 6th day of August, 1919:
“Be it resolved by the board of commissioners of the city of Dallas that there be and is hereby set aside and appropriated out of the unappropriated fund of the general fund to account…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- McWhorter v. NorthcutTexas Supreme Court · 1900
- Lacoste v. DuffyTexas Supreme Court · 1878
- Watkins v. HuffTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- Old River Rice Irrigation Co. v. StubbsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
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3Cited by6 opinions
- City of West University Place v. MartinTexas Supreme Court · 1939
- Travis County v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Anderson v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
- Niggli v. SpeegleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
- Ben C. Jones & Co. v. PhilquistCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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