Legal Opinion
City of Heath v. King
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided November 28, 1983No. 05-82-01162-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROWE, Justice.
The City of Heath, in Rockwall County, appeals from a judgment disannexing five tracts of land. After the governing body of the city failed to act on a properly presented petition to disannex, several voters who signed the petition sought to compel disannexation pursuant to TEX.REV. CIV.STAT.ANN. article 970a § 10 by bringing suit in the district court of Rock-wall County. 1 After a jury finding that the city failed to furnish services to the five areas in question comparable to services furnished other areas of the city with similar characteristics of topography, patterns of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Robinson v. HillTexas Supreme Court · 1974
- Stauffer v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Ass'n v. LennoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1927
- Mendoza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
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