Legal Opinion
City of El Paso v. Ruckman
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 1898No. 670PublishedCited by 68 opinions
Questions certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from El Paso County.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This case comes to us upon a certificate from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District. The statement and questions are as follows:
"In April, 1882, and in October, 1882, elections were held in the city of El Paso in reference to the control of its public schools, but in neither case was the election such as to legally constitute the city a school district. The city, however, began to act as an independent school district in the spring of 1882, and has ever since exercised such control in the ■ manner and under the circumstances hereinafter set…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Graham v. City of GreenvilleTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- State v. FullerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Mendenhall v. BurtonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
- Worley v. HarrisIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Town of Henderson v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Parks v. WestTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Crabb v. Celeste Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Kuhn v. City of YoakumTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Garitty v. RaineyTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Wharton County Drainage Dist. No. 1 v. HigbeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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