Bell County v. Hall
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Third District, in an appeal from Bell County. Hall sued Bell County and appealed from a judgment for defendant. This being reversed and remanded, the county obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
By Act of the 29th Legislature, as amended by Act of the 30th Legislature, there was created the office of auditor for all counties in the State having as large population as 40,000 inhabitants, or containing a city with as many as 25,000 inhabitants. Bell county was within the law, and under it W. E. Hall became the auditor for that county. Thereafter it was enacted by the 31st Legislature that Bell County should be exempt from the provisions of the law, and under the authority of such act the Commissioners’ Court of the county refused to longer recognize Hall as the county auditor or pay…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hall v. Bell CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
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