King v. Sheppard

BLAIR, Justice.

Appellant, A. H. 'King, a taxpayer, sued appellee, George H. Sheppard, State Comptroller, to enjoin him from paying out the .$!,'500,000 appropriated by Senate Bill No. 423, Acts 1941, 47th Legislature, c. 571, p. 1114, to pay for land in Brewster County, Texas, to be used for the purposes of the Big Bend National Park.

The act appropriating the $1,500,000 is Subd. 91, p. 1212, of the General Appropriation Bill of 1941, 47th Legislature, and is attacked as being in contravention of Secs. 48 to 52 of Art. 3; Secs. 35 and 36 of Art. 3; Sec. 4 of Art. 14 of the Texas Constitution,…