Edward Douglass White

“ The face of the record so clearly manifests the correctness of the third proposition that we pass at once to its consideration. It is apparent on the face of the opinion of the court below that it did not at all rest its conclusion upon original reasoning concerning the asserted contract, but only applied to the decision of that question a doctrine which, long prior to the adoption of the ordinance relied on as a contract, had been announced by the court of last resort of Texas in Brenham v. ”

“ Rep. 10; Warburton v. White, 176 U.S. 484, 44 L. ed. 555, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 404; Gulf & S. I. R. Co. v. Hewes, 183 U.S. 68, 46 L. ed. 87, 22 Sup. Ct. Rep. 26; Freeport Water Co. v. Freeport, 180 U.S. 587, 45 L. ed. ”