Dwyer v. City of Brenham

Citations

• 65 Tex. 526
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 701

Syllabus

<p>1. Cities—Corporate powers need not be pleaded, when—The corporate powers of a city chartered by a public law are known to the courts and need not be pleaded.</p> <p>2. Same—Power to contract for printing ordinances—City charter—Where the charter of a city provides that all of its ordinances when printed, &c., shall be admitted in evidence in all courts, without proof, it contemplates the printing of the ordinances, and there is necessarily in such city an implied power to have its ordinances printed, when needed in the accomplishment of its corporate purposes, and also to contract to pay for such work. (Citing Dillon on Mun. Corp., sec. 89.)</p> <p>8. Same—Current expenses—Constitution, article 11, section 5—A debt con- . traeted by a city for current expenses, is not within the class of debts contemplated in section 5, article 11, of the Constitution.</p>