Gulf Bitulithic Co. v. Nueces County

We adopt the statement of the case made by the Court of Civil Appeals (297 S. W. 747), which is as follows:

“At a county-wide election held in Nueces county on July 20, 1919, the commissioners’ court of that county was authorized to issue bonds in the sum of $2,000,000 for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating macadamized, gravel, or paved roads, etc., in the county. In pursuance of this authority the commissioners, on August 11 thereafter, issued said bonds in three series, the first of which (A) was in the sum of $100,000 appropriated to the retirement of bonds previously…