Matagorda County Drainage District No. 1 v. Commissioners' Court of Matagorda County

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 below, were created respectively in 1907,, 1912 and 1911 under authority of Section 52 of Article 3 of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s…