Legal Opinion

Hodges v. Brazos County Water Control & Improvement District 1

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 8, 1970No. 15549PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a suit for declaratory judgment by which appellant seeks to have an act *862of the Legislature of the State of Texas, and an Order of Exclusion adopted by ap-pellee Water Control and Improvement Distritt, declared unconstitutional, null and void, together with ancillary injunctive relief.

The trial court found that no justiciable controversy was shown to exist; that appellant failed to join in the action numerous interested parties; that the suit constituted a direct attack on statutes and ordinances under which the District operates, which could only be made through quo…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  4. Phillips Petroleum Company v. BivinsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. Group Hospital Service, Inc. v. BarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968

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