Baker v. City of Fort Worth

RENFRO, Justice.

Appellant filed suit under the Declaratory Judgment Act to have the court declare illegal appellee’s actions in exercising urban renewal powers conditionally conferred upon municipalities by Art. 12691-3, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.St., without having called an election of the tax-paying citizens. He prayed that the court declare illegal the formulation and carrying out of workable programs in furtherance of urban renewal objectives; the application for, acceptance of and expenditures of federal funds for programs which contribute to carrying out and effectuating the purposes and…