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LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DIST. v. CARTWRIGHT

No. 12783.

274 S.W.2d 199 (1954)

LOWER NUECES RIVER WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT et al., Appellant, v. Holman CARTWRIGHT et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Potter & Cooper, Allen Wood, Ralph Wood, Fischer, Wood, Burney & Nesbitt, Corpus Christi, John S. Sellingsloh, James L. Shepherd, Jr., Baker, Botts, Andrews & Shepherd, Houston, Dumas, Huguenim & Boothman, Dallas, Farrell D. Smith, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

Beasley & Beasley, Dougherty & Dougherty, Beeville, R. E. Schneider, Jr., George West, Harry J. Schulz, Three Rivers, Fred H. Woodward, Corpus Christi, Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Victor W. Bouldin, Houston, Geo. F. Manning, San Antonio, L. Hamilton Lowe, Austin, Dobbins & Howard, San Antonio, for appellees.

NORVELL, Justice.

The court below declared the Act of the Legislature creating Lower Nueces River Water Supply District null and ineffective for the stated reason, "that the boundaries of the * * * District do not close and do not encompass a complete body of land and said District is not, therefore, legally created and does not legally exist."

The correctness of this holding is the principal question raised upon this appeal. Numerous other matters are raised...

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