State ex rel. Walker v. City of Gladewater

WILLIAMS, Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding filed in March 1937 by the State of Texas, acting through the District Attorney of Gregg: County, upon the relation of Mrs. E. L. Walker, a feme sole, W. H. York, and Leland Fikes, against the City of Gladewater, a municipal corporation organized under the general laws of the State, herein referred to as the City. The City, purporting to act under the provisions of Articles 965 and 974, R.C.S. of 1925, extended a part of its city limits 800 feet in width, annexing approximately 365 acres. In the map -that follows, the solid line shows…