WOOLRIDGE v. FOLSOM

No. 19491.

564 S.W.2d 471 (1978)

J. Z. WOOLRIDGE et al., Appellants, v. Robert FOLSOM, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Dallas, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

March 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Cloutman, III, Mullinax, Wells, Mauzy & Baab, Inc., Dallas, for appellants.

Lee E. Holt, City Atty., Joseph W. Geary, Jr., Daniel C. Garner, Geary, Stahl, Koons, Rohde & Spencer, Dallas, for appellee.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

The principal question in this case is whether the district court has jurisdiction of a suit by residents of the city of Dallas against the mayor to nullify certain contracts of the city on the ground of a conflict of interest on the part of the mayor. The trial court dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and we affirm.

Plaintiffs base their suit on the following provisions of article 988 of the Texas Revised Civil Statutes (Vernon 1963...

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