Lewis v. Crump

Appeal is from a judgment in favor of the contestants in a school tax election contest. An election was held in common school district No. 22 in Milam county, on November 2, 1929, to determine whether said district should increase its school tax from 15 cents to 75 cents on the $100 property valuation. The election returns showed a vote in favor of the tax of 21 to 20, and the commissioners’ court so declared the result. The election was contested on the ground that four legal ballots of qualified voters which should have been counted were • discarded, all of which were against the tax; and…