Troutman v. McCleskey
| Decision Date | 06 June 1894 |
| Parties | TROUTMAN et al. v. McCLESKEY et al. |
| Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from district court, Wichita county; George E. Miller, Judge.
Action by L. Troutman and others, taxpayers of Iowa Park, to enjoin E. A. McCleskey and others, officers of the municipal government of such town, from collecting taxes. The injunction was denied, and plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
Boyd & Ofiel, for appellants. L. C. Barrett, for appellees.
Conclusions of Law and Fact.
This suit was brought by appellants, as taxpayers of Iowa Park, to enjoin the collection of taxes assessed by said town against them. The validity of this tax levy was denied, on the ground that, in the incorporation of the town, a large area of rural territory had been improperly included within the corporate limits. The petition for injunction alleged the pendency of a quo warranto proceeding to determine the validity of this incorporation, and contained the further allegation of insolvency, both of the town and its officers. To the judgment dissolving, on final hearing, the preliminary injunction, from which this appeal is prosecuted, three errors are assigned. Of these, the first, only, is so assigned as to require consideration, reading: "The court erred in sustaining the motion to dissolve the injunction, because the petition showed that a quo warranto proceeding was pending against the incorporation of the town of Iowa Park, Texas, and that the same was insolvent, as well as its officers, who were acting under the pretended charter." It is well settled that a court of equity will not enjoin, at the instance of the taxpayer, the officers of a municipal government from the collection of taxes, on the ground of the invalidity of the existing corporation. Such an issue is determinable alone by quo warranto proceedings. Brennan v. City of Weatherford, 53 Tex. 330. Until the state, by such proceeding, puts an end to the local government, the citizen must yield obedience to its power. The mere pendency of the quo warranto proceeding which the state might at any time abandon, could afford no ground for equitable relief. Besides, in the case at bar, it was alleged and proven on the part of appellees that the pending quo warranto proceedings must fail, on the ground that the issue had already been determined, in a former proceeding between the same parties, in favor of the validity of the corporation. McClesky v. State, 4 Tex. Civ. App. 322, 23 S. W. 518. We...
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