Geffert v. Yorktown Independent School Dist.

This writ of error involves the validity of a tax levy for the year 1922 by the Yorktown independent school district. *1084The Court of Civil Appeals, after reforming the judgment of the district court in another respect, affirmed its judgment sustaining the levy 285 S. W. 845.

The point made by plaintiff in error is there is no order shown levying any tax for the year 1922, without which there could be no cause of action in the district.

It is elementary that corporations such as defendant in error are special creatures of the statute and have such powers only as are specially given or are implied…