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MATAGORDA COUNTY D. DIST. v. COMMISSIONERS' COURT

No. 12834.

278 S.W.2d 539 (1955)

MATAGORDA COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 et al., Appellants. v. The COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF MATAGORDA COUNTY, Texas, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bell, Keen & Camp and John L. Camp, Bay City, for appellants.

Eli Mayfield, Palacios, Ellis L. Clark, Rockport and Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls and Victor W. Bouldin, Houston, for appellees.

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit by Drainage Districts Nos. 1, 2 and 4, of Matagorda County et al., against the County Judge and the County Commissioners composing the Commissioners' Court of Matagorda County, and the Tax Assessor and Collector. Before stating the issues made by the pleadings of the parties, we think it will be enlightening to state the facts from which the litigation stemmed.

Drainage Districts Nos. 1, 2 and 4 of Matagorda County, plaintiffs...

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