Altgelt v. City of San Antonio & Waterworks Co.

HOBBY, Presiding Judge, Section A.

The appellant brought this suit in the District Court of Bexar County to vacate a contract, set forth at length in his petition, entered into by the city of San Antonio with the San Antonio Waterworks Company, incorporated under the general laws of this State. The appellant also sought to restrain said city from paying to said company any of the municipal funds by virtue of said contract, which was alleged to be illegal and unauthorized, and from making any appropriation of public money to satisfy said contract.

The defendant’s exceptions to the petition were…