Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Atkinson
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1929No. Motion No. 8739; No. 941—5050PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
This cause has been replete with interesting questions from the beginning, not the least of which is that one presented by plaintiffs in error in this their motion for rehearing, to the order-of- the Supreme Court dismissing the cause because of the- passage by the Forty-First Legislature of the Curative Act (Acts 41st. Leg. [1929] c. 176), by which the vice in the proceedings by which the territory in controversy was taken into the city of Houston had been cured.
The point now made is that, since the adoption of the home rule amendment to the Constitution (article 11, § 5), the Legislature is…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Vincent v. State ex rel. WaylandTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- C.S. Eastham v. B.A. SteinhagenTexas Supreme Court · 1922
- City of Waco v. HigginsonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
3Cited by15 opinions
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- City of Houston v. State Ex Rel West University PlaceTexas Supreme Court · 1943
- Dry v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Harris County Drainage Dist. No. 12 v. City of HoustonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
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