Legal Opinion
City of Missouri City v. State Ex Rel. City of Alvin
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided November 13, 2003No. 14-03-00361-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOHN S. ANDERSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from a summary judgment voiding an annexation ordinance passed by the City of Missouri City (“Missouri City”), and awarding attorney’s fees to the City of Alvin (“Alvin”). 1 We affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In 1960, Alvin passed an ordinance purporting to annex a 100-foot-wide strip of land approximately 137 miles long. The strip extends east from Alvin’s east city limit line, runs north along the Brazo-ria/Galveston County line to a point northeast of Manvel, circles south around to the west side of Manvel, then extends west to the…
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