Legal Opinion

Bute v. League City

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 13, 1965No. 14581PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WERLEIN, Justice.

This suit was brought by James Bute, III, F. M. Abbott, Dave S. Smith, Jr., J. F. Collier and A. J. Eastham, appellants, against the City of League City, Texas, to enjoin it from levying and assessing taxes against appellants’ property and to declare null and void an ordinance allegedly passed and approved by said City on first reading on or about April 19, 1962, which proposed the extension of the corporate limits of such City and the annexation thereto of certain lands including those belonging to appellants.

Appellants set out in their petition the ordinance in question…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Staples v. State Ex Rel. KingTexas Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Beham v. GhioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
  3. State Ex Rel. Rose v. City of La PorteTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  4. City of Irving v. CallawayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  5. Great American Indemnity Co. v. City of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. City of Wichita Falls v. PearceCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. City of Arlington v. City of Grand PrairieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970
  3. Durham v. CrutchfieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
  4. City of Pasadena v. State Ex Rel. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
  5. City of Granite Shoals v. WinderCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2009

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