Harang v. State Ex Rel. City of West Columbia

TUNKS, Chief Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding by which the State of Texas, on the relation of the City of West Columbia, and the City of Brazoria, challenges the validity of the incorporation of the village of Wild Peach in Brazoria County, Texas. The mayor of the village, the marshall, the secretary and the alderman were named as defendants. The substance of the allegations by the State was to the effect that those defendants were unlawfully asserting the right to exercise functions as officers of the village because there had been no lawful incorporation of such village.

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