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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI v. GOUGER

No. 12228.

236 S.W.2d 870 (1951)

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI v. GOUGER et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. M. Singer, Hodge Thompson, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

Oscar Spitz, Corpus Christi, for Winship Development Co.

Neal B. Marriott, Corpus Christi, for John L. Tompkins, trustee.

Jake B. Jarmon, Jr., and William E. Brown, Corpus Christi, for R. R. Williams and wife, Lena M. Williams.

William R. Anderson, Jr., Corpus Christi, for Mrs. Henry E. Gouger, County Clerk.

NORVELL, Justice.

The court below held that the 1949 Act amending Section 1 of Article 974a, Vernon's Ann.Civ.Stats., and repealing Section 10 of the same Article did not have the effect of vesting the City of Corpus Christi with authority to control the filing and recording of subdivision plats affecting lands lying outside the corporate limits of the City but within five miles distance therefrom. Acts 1949, 51st Leg. p. 321. ch. 154.

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