Collin County v. Schultz

(after stating the facts as above).

Appellant insists, and we agree, that the county school trustees were without power to bind it by the contract they made with appellees. In the absence of a statute authorizing some other agency to do so, the commissioners' court alone has power to bind a county by contract. Presidio County v. Clarke, 38 Tex. Civ. App. 320, 85 S. W. 475; Mfg. Co. v. Coleman County (Tex. Civ. App.) 184 S. W. 1063; Disinfecting Co. v. Freestone County (Tex. Civ. App.) 193 S. W. 440; Sparks v. Kaufman County (Tex. Civ. App.) 194 S. W. 605. At the time the trustees made the…