City of San Antonio v. Brady

The sole point presented by the City in its application for writ of error is predicated on the asserted proposition that Art. 1269m, Vernon’s Texas Civ. Stat., is unconstiutional in that it is a local or special law on account of the limiting provision of Section 27(a) of that statute. The City contends that the Act is applicable, therefore, only to cities which had a population of 10,000 or more according to the 1940 Federal census; and thus, any cities which increased their population over 10,000 subsequent to that date could not qualify.

The City frankly admits that all attacks on Art.…