Hendrick v. Culberson, County Attorney

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This proceeding was instituted by appellants to contest the validity of an election held in Ector County, October 17, 1899, as provided in the Acts of 1899, page 258, to determine whether or not Ector County should issue bonds for the purpose of building a jail.

We are first asked by appellants to invalidate the act, in pursuance of which the election was held, upon the ground that it conflicts with the Constitution in restricting the right of suffrage at such elections to the qualified voters who are “property taxpayers.” But if we should thus annul the act, the…