Hatten v. City of Houston

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is a special statutory proceeding instituted by the City of Houston, Texas, under the provisions of Article 717m, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.St., seeking a declaratory judgment establishing the validity of $14,000,000.00 in Water System Revenue Bonds and the proceedings had in connection with the issuance thereof. The proceeding is one in rem and citation is by publication.

By order of the trial court an earlier suit seeking to enjoin the issuance of the bonds and a water rate ordinance of the City was consolidated with this cause, the order reciting: “(c) that all issues in Cause…