Legal Opinion
City of Fort Worth v. Zane-Cetti
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided December 10, 1925No. 723-4354PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICKELS, J.
During the year of 1922, the city of Fort Worth, Tex., a city having more than 5,000 inhabitants, was operating under a charter granted by special act of the Legislature in 1909 (Sp. Laws 1909, c. 31). This statute also created an independent school district for the same territory, and provided for its government through the city’s officers, etc. The rate of taxation for school purposes as fixed in the statute was 50 cents on each $100 of taxable value. This maximum appears to have been increased somewhat after 1912, through purported authority of so-called…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Parks v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Foster v. City of WacoTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Simmons v. Lightfoot, Atty.-Gen.Texas Supreme Court · 1912
- City of Rockdale v. CuretonTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Garitty v. HalbertCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921
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3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Felly v. Harris County Water Control & Improvement District No. 7Texas Supreme Court · 1946
- Temple Independent School Dist. v. ProctorCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
- Dry v. DavidsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Harris County Drainage Dist. No. 12 v. City of HoustonTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- City of Fort Worth v. ZanecettiTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
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