Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Eckhart v. Hoff
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 3, 1895No. 292PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals for First District, in an appeal from De Witt County. The opinion gives a sufficient statement.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
—The Twelfth Legislature of Texas passed an act, entitled “An act to incorporate the town of Yorktown,” which was approved May 22, 1871. Yorktown was in De Witt County.
The first section of the act declared the incorporation of the town, the second described its limits, and the third empowered the Governor to appoint for said town a mayor and five aldermen, with other officers. The following is a copy of the fourth section:
“Section 4. That the offices of mayor and aldermen and constable and assessor and collector shall become elective from and after the next general…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Pickett v. CairnsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
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