Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Ratcliff v. City of Hurst

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided September 25, 1970No. 17126PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Our former opinion of June 26, 1970 is withdrawn and the following substituted therefor.

This suit began as an action against the City of Hurst by the State of Texas in quo warranto, the relator being W. N. Ratcliff. Both the Town of Colleyville and the City of Southlake intervened. The attack made by the suit and petitions in intervention were upon the legality of Hurst’s annexation Ordinances Nos. 184 and 306.

Said Ordinance 184 purported to extend the city limits of Hurst toward the north and around to the west of the municipality of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City of Pasadena v. State Ex Rel. City of HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1969
  2. City of Irving v. CallawayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  3. City of Houston v. Harris County Eastex Oaks Water & Sewer DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
  4. State Ex Rel. Winn v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
  5. State Ex Rel. American Manufacturing Co. v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. City of Willow Park v. BryantCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
  2. City of Hurst v. City of ColleyvilleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  3. Bye v. MattinglyKentucky Supreme Court · 1998
  4. City of Forney v. Estate of PinsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Ratcliff v. City of HurstCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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