PENNINGTON v. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI

No. 14012.

363 S.W.2d 502 (1962)

John R. PENNINGTON et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney P. Chandler, Corpus Christi, for appellants.

I. M. Singer, James P. Ryan, Corpus Christi, for appellees.


MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit involves an area of land adjacent to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, generally known as the Flour Bluff area. More specifically, it involves the question of whether the City of Corpus Christi has a prior right to annex this territory or whether certain citizens have a prior right to incorporate such territory into a municipal corporation.

The City of Corpus Christi on January 4, 1961, received a petition for annexation,...

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