Cartledge v. Wortham
Texas Supreme Court
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Cartledge appealed from a judgment for defendant in an action brought by him to contest the election and restrain the Secretary of State from canvassing the returns on the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of the State.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
Certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals, Third Supreme Judicial District.
By a duly adopted joint resolution the Thirty-second Legislature, which adjourned March 11, 1911, proposed an amendment to the Constitution authorizing cities having more than 5,000 inhabitants to adopt or amend their charters by a majority vote of their electors. General Laws, 284. The second section of the resolution provides:
“The Governor of this State is hereby directed to issue the necessary proclamation, submitting this amendment to the qualified voters of Texas at the next general election held in this…
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