Dallas Electric Co. v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Dallas. Tried below before Hon. Richard Morgan.
1Opinion of the Court
RAINEY, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by Emmett A. Ellis, and the Standard Light and Power Company, as citizens and taxpayers of the City of Dallas, against the city of Dallas and its officers and the Dallas Electric Company, seeking to enjoin said city and its officers in making further payments out of the city treasury to the Dallas Electric Company, and to enjoin the Dallas Electric Company from receiving such payments on account of an alleged void and extortionate contract for lighting the streets and public crossings, and also seeking a mandamus to compel the council of the…
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- Grant v. City of DavenportSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873
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- Altgelt v. City of San Antonio & Waterworks Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1891
- Wood v. City of VictoriaCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1898
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