State v. City of Waxahachie

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought to annul an ordinance of the city council of the city of Waxahachie annexing to the city territory adjoining it upon its east, north, and west sides. The city had accepted the provisions of title 17 of the Bevised Statutes.

The following map of the old town and the addition was exhibited:

The city engineer testified substantially as follows: “The map shown me is a correct map of the lines of the old town, and of the annexed territory. I made the map. The red lines show the boundaries of the annexed territory, and the interior lines show the…