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HARRIS COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DIST. NO. 55 v. CARR

No. A-9735.

372 S.W.2d 523 (1963)

HARRIS COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NO. 55, Relator, v. Waggoner CARR, Attorney General of Texas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 20, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, William E. Stapp, Houston, for petitioner.

Howard Mays, James Strock, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

Relator is Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 55. It seeks a writ of mandamus to require Respondent to approve its bond issue. The Attorney General refused to approve the bonds on the ground that Relator was created in 1963 in violation of Article 7880-1a which, he says, forbids the creation of a Fresh Water Supply District. The full text of Article 7880-1a1 follows:

"An Act providing that Water Control...

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