Parks v. West
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District in an appeal from ZSTavarro County. Parks and others brought suit against West and others to in join the issuance by defendants of bonds for an independent school district, and appealed from a judgment in favor of defendants. This was affirmed in part and in part reversed and rendered, whereupon the appellants obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
The plaintiffs in error, who are resident citizens of Hill, Ellis and Navarro Counties, in the territory called in the record the Mertens Independent School District, owning lands and other property therein subject to taxation, brought this action to enjoin the defendants, the school trustees for the district, from issuing bonds thereof in the sum of $5500 for the purpose of raising money for school purposes, and from levying a tax upon the property in the district to pay the same. Several reasons were set up why the issuance of the bonds and the levying of the tax should be restrained. Only…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Graham v. City of GreenvilleTexas Supreme Court · 1886
- State of Texas v. BrownsonTexas Supreme Court · 1901
- City of El Paso v. RuckmanTexas Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by159 opinions
- Morrow v. CorbinTexas Supreme Court · 1933
- Edgewood Independent School District v. MenoTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District v. Edgewood Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1992
- Empire Gas & Fuel Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1932
- Love v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1931
154 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.