City of McAllen v. Daniel, Atty. Gen.

The City of McAllen, Texas, seeeks by this original mandamus proceeding to require the Attorney General of Texas to approve certain bonds of the city, called McAllen Waterworks System Revenue Bonds, Series 1948, in the principal amount of $925,000.00. As hereafter more fully explained, the City seeks alternatively to require that such approval be given on August 1, 1948.

In the underlying ordinance, $350,000.00 of the proposed bond proceeds are assigned to improvement and extension of the waterworks system and the remaining $575,000.00 to retirement of an equal face amount of presently…