Anderson v. Parsley

On Appellants’ Motion for Rehearing.

Appellants have filed a rather lengthy motion for rehearing, and we will proceed to discuss certain grounds urged in said motion.

The Constitution (Const. art. 5, § 18) makes the commissioners’ court the governing body for the county business proper. Jernigan v. Finley, 90 Tex. 205, 38 S. W. 24, by the Supreme Court. The Legislature of Texas saw fit, relative to the delegation of power and authority to the commissioners’ courts, to use the following language:

“Each commissioners court shall * * * provide and keep in repair court houses, jails and all…