Pitzer v. City of Abilene

COLLINGS, Justice.

Ernest T. Pitzer and 58 others, as plaintiffs, brought this suit against the City of Abilene. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment declaring their rights under a written contract made by their representatives with the City of Abilene in December of 1956 under which the city agreed not to annex territory adjacent to the city designated as East Abilene, for a period of five years after completion of certain water and sewer lines. Plaintiffs also sought judgment declaring void an ordinance passed by the City of Abilene on December 23, 1957, annexing East Abilene in…