Legal Opinion
Sutherland v. Board of Trustees
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 9, 1924No. 7119PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal brings into question the validity of an act of the regular session of the Thirty-Eighth Legislature creating the Palo Alto independent school district, in Nueces county. Sp. Laws, 38th Leg. p. 199. The court below held the act to be unconstitutional, and granted a permanent injunction restraining the organization and functioning of the proposed district.
The first clause in the title of the act was:
"An act to create the Palo Alto independent school district, out of a part of the Matamoras common school district and the Bishop independent school district, in Nueces county, Texas,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Sugar Notch BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Doeppenschmidt v. I. G.N.R.R. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1907
- Breen v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1875
- Giddings v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- Western U. T. Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Gulf Ins. Co. v. James, St. Treas.Texas Supreme Court · 1945
- Landrum v. Centennial Rural High School Dist. No. 2Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Atwood v. Willacy County Navigation DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- State v. TindellSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- In re American Rio Grande Land & Irr. Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1937
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