Estes v. City of Granbury

R. E. Estes filed this suit against the City of Granbury seeking to enjoin the City from selling and disposing of certain utility bonds in the sum of $400,000, for the payment of which it is proposed to pledge the combined receipts from the City’s electric, sewer and water systems. The court sustained the City’s plea in abatement and dismissed the suit.

Appellant alleges that he is a resident citizen of the City of Granbury; that the City Council passed an ordinance and notice of election for the issuance of bonds, said election to be held on September 21, 1957, at which three propositions…