Thomas v. Abernathy County Line Independent School Dist.

Plaintiffs in error are taxpayers whose properties are situate within the territorial limits of Abernathy county line independent school district. The school district was created by special act of the Legislature, and its government is in a board of seven trustees. At the times here in question Thomas, Struve, Donnell, Ragland, and Adkinson, defendants in error, were members of the board, as were also defendants in error Smith and Lindsey, unless the latter had vacated their offices. Presence of a majority (i. e., four) members of the board is necessary to a quorum, and without the quorum the…