Northeast Tarrant County Water Authority v. Board of Water Engineers

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

In this suit appellant seeks to set aside the order of May 30, 1960, and to obtain a writ of mandamus requiring the Board of Water Engineers to permit appellant to enter into negotiations for storage space in the Grapevine Reservoir and to reinstate appellant’s application on its docket and hold a hearing thereon.

Appellant, Northeast Tarrant County Water Authority (formerly Haltom City Water Authority) is a “governmental agency and a body politic and corporate” created by Article 8280-173, Vernon’s Ann. Tex.St. The Board of Water Engineers is a public administrative…