[DOWNLOAD] "City Hitchcock v. Warren T. Longmire" by Houston (1St Dist.) Court of Civil Appeals of Texas ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: City Hitchcock v. Warren T. Longmire
Author : Houston (1St Dist.) Court of Civil Appeals of Texas
Release Date : January 28, 1978
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 63 KB

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The City of Hitchcock, a home rule city, appeals from a summary judgment in a municipal annexation case. Warren T. Longmire, Jr., and others brought this suit against the City, the four members of its city commission, and the city secretary (officially and individually) for a declaratory judgment to determine the validity of annexation Ordinance No. 308, for an injunction to prevent the City from exercising governmental control over the newly-annexed area, and for a writ of mandamus requiring the defendants to hold an election under the plaintiffs referendum petition or to repeal the annexation ordinance. The trial court granted, successively, a temporary restraining order, a temporary injunction, and plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. The summary judgment permanently enjoined the defendants from exercising governmental control over the annexed territory (approximately 3.5 square miles) except for conducting municipal elections until the annexation ordinance is repealed or a referendum election is conducted. The court also ordered issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the defendants to repeal the annexation ordinance or to call, conduct, and canvass a referendum election. The validity of Ordinance No. 308 was not in issue before the trial court. Appellants six points of error allege that the trial court erred: