Smith County v. Thornton

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

This appeal presents the issues of whether the Open Meetings Act requires literal compliance and whether a county has the power to close a portion of a county road. We hold that Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-17, § 3A(h) (Vernon 1985) requires literal compliance and that a county commissioners court, subject to certain restrictions, has the power to close a county road.

The trial court denied respondents’ prayer to enjoin Smith County from closing a portion of Jim Hogg Road and to declare void all actions taken by Smith County pursuant to the commissioners court meeting of…