CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS v. STATE EX. REL. CITY OF AUSTIN

No. B-2373.

466 S.W.2d 722 (1971)

The CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Texas ex rel. CITY OF AUSTIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turman & Mitchell, Austin, Graves, Dougherty, Gee, Hearon, Moody & Garwood, William L. Garwood, Austin, for petitioner.

Don R. Butler, City Atty., Ned Granger, County Atty., Ludlum, Brady & Womack, Stayton, Maloney, Black, Hearne & Babb, John W. Stayton, Austin, for respondent.


REAVLEY, Justice.

This is a quo warranto suit against the City of West Lake Hills which necessitates decisions as to its existence and boundaries. The trial court upheld the city insofar as it lay south of Bee Creek but abrogated its extensions north of that creek. The court of civil appeals held the original incorporation of West Lake Hills to be a "sham" and annulled the city entirely. (Tex.Civ. App., 457 S.W.2d 398) We reinstate...

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