State ex rel. Schroeder v. McAllister

POPE, Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding which seeks the ouster of seven of the eight councilmen of the City of San Antonio. The trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the seven councilmen. Roland Bremer, the eighth councilman is not here involved, as the cause against him was severed from this quo warranto action.

The dispute arose in August, 1961, when the seven councilmen authorized the City’s sale of a lot to the construction firm of Bremer & Wilhelm. Bremer, the city councilman, was a member of that firm to which the lot was conveyed. In early October, 1961, Elton E.…