Legal Opinion
Fikes v. Sharp
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 7, 1938No. 8722PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCLENDON, Chief Justice.
The controlling question in this case is whether prior to August 21, 1937 (the effective date of the Act approved May 5, 1937, H.B. 137, article 2750a, Vernon’s Tex.Stat.Supp.1938), the trustees of a common school district had the power to contract with school teachers for a period longer than one year.
The appeal is from a final judgment denying to appellants (five teachers holding such contracts with the Davilla common school district No. 2, in Milam county) a writ of mandamus and other ancillary relief to compel the recognition of such contracts.
The Davilla district…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Texas Mut. Life Ins. Ass'n v. StateTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933