{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-66.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 66.001","heading":"GROUNDS.","body":"An action in the nature of quo warranto is available if:\n(1) a person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or executes a franchise or an office, including an office in a corporation created by the authority of this state;\n(2) a public officer does an act or allows an act that by law causes a forfeiture of his office;\n(3) an association of persons acts as a corporation without being legally incorporated;\n(4) a corporation does or omits an act that requires a surrender or causes a forfeiture of its rights and privileges as a corporation;\n(5) a corporation exercises power not granted by law;\n(6) a railroad company charges an extortionate rate for transportation of freight or passengers; or\n(7) a railroad company unlawfully refuses to move over its lines the cars of another railroad company.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 3. EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES","CHAPTER 66. QUO WARRANTO"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.66.htm#66.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"43fb97dba4c8b752d4975164e26a2fa73f200021e8247c051552e46afeac2e85","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-65.045","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-66.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}