Legal Opinion
City of Wichita Falls v. State Ex Rel. Vogtsberger
Texas Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1976No. B-5593PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEAKLEY, Justice.
This is a quo warranto proceeding attacking the validity of several related annexation ordinances enacted by the City of Wichita Falls. The suit was brought by the State of Texas on the relation of Richard Vogtsberger, an affected property owner. The trial court concluded that the basic Ordinance No. 2756, and hence the dependent ordinances, were void and its judgment to such effect was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. The stated reasons of the intermediate court were that the annexed territory was not adjacent to the pre-exis-tent city limits; and that, upon the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Pan American Production Co. v. City of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Norris v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1882
- City of Wichita Falls v. Bowen, TrusteeTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- City of Irving v. Dallas County Flood Control DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- City of Waco v. City of McGregorTexas Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- City of Bridge City v. State Ex Rel. City of Port Arthur, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1990
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