City of Clute v. City of Lake Jackson

COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a consolidated action in which both the appellant, City of Clute, and the appellee, City of Lake Jackson, sought a declaratory judgment invalidating the ordinances by which the other had annexed certain areas. After a nonju-ry trial, the district court rendered judgment upholding the validity of the Lake Jackson annexation and declaring all of the Clute annexation ordinances invalid. At the request of Clute, the court filed findings of fact and conclusions of law. We affirm in part and reverse and render in part.

Lake Jackson and Clute are home rule…