Legal Opinion
SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS v. McNatt
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1961No. A-7956PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Steakley
Respondents by suit and pleas of intervention sought to enjoin Petitioner from exercising eminent domain proceedings in the manner and as authorized by Article 7880-126, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. Stats., as amended by the 42nd Legislature in 1931. Constitutionality of the statute was attacked on various grounds, and error was alleged in certain proceedings of petitioner.
The trial court declared the statute “void and unconstitutional for the reasons stated in petitioner’s petition,” and in the pleas of intervention.
The Court of Civil Appeals felt bound by the decision in White v. Maverick County…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Davidson v. New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108Supreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Bauman v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Bragg v. WeaverSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- North Laramie Land Co. v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Dallas v. StewartTexas Supreme Court · 2012
- Joiner v. City of DallasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1974
- Ross v. Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989
- City of Dallas v. RashCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964