Legal Opinion
City of Wichita Falls v. State Ex Rel. Vogtsberger
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 11, 1975No. 17636PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MASSEY, Chief Justice.
The City of Wichita Falls accomplished procedure whereby it purported to annex certain territory lying in Wichita and Archer Counties, all to the southeast of its previously existent corporate limits wholly within Wichita County. There was no validation statute applicable thereto prior to the institution of this suit in Quo Warranto by the State of Texas upon the relation of Richard Vogtsberger. The suit constituted a direct attack upon the validity of the annexation.
Trial was to the court without a jury. Judgment was rendered to the effect that the City’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lower Nueces River Water Supply District v. CartwrightCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
- City of Arlington v. City of Grand PrairieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
- May v. City of McKinneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
- State Ex Rel. Barron v. WoffordTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- State Ex Rel. American Manufacturing Co. of Texas v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
3Cited by10 opinions
- Ryan Mortgage Investors v. Fleming-WoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983
- City of Wichita Falls v. State Ex Rel. VogtsbergerTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- City of Bridge City v. State Ex Rel. City of Port Arthur, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990
- City of West Orange v. State ex rel. City of OrangeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
- City of Bridge City v. State Ex Rel. City of Port Arthur, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990
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