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CITY OF DEER PARK v. STATE

No. 3094.

259 S.W.2d 284 (1953)

CITY OF DEER PARK et al. v. STATE ex rel. SHELL OIL CO. et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Townsend, Major & Carrigan, Pasadena, Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill, Austin, for appellants.

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, David T. Searls and Jack D. Head, Houston, William H. Scott, Criminal Dist. Atty., R. H. Whilden and Barksdale Stevens, Houston, for appellees.

HALE, Justice.

This suit is a proceeding in quo warranto. It was brought by the State of Texas on relation of Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical Corporation against appellants, the City of Deer Park and its Mayor and Aldermen, to test the validity of an ordinance passed on February 5, 1952, whereby appellants sought to annex to the city certain property owned by relators. The case was tried before the court below without a jury and resulted in judgment (1) decreeing...

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