Hoffman v. Elliott

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from the action of the trial court in refusing to issue a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Bill Elliott, County Judge of Harris County, Texas, to call an election for the incorporation of an area referred to as Clear Lake City. The case was tried to the court without a jury. No findings of fact or conclusions of law were made by the trial court.

*676The area proposed to be incorporated is within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston, as defined by Art. 970a, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St, unless Ordinance 65-15S55BR of said City, annexing…