Legal Opinion

Wilmarth v. Reagan

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 18, 1921No. 2411PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; Joel R. Bond, Judge. Suit by I. L. Wilmartb and others against J. C. Reagan and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

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Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; Joel R. Bond, Judge. Suit by I. L. Wilmartb and others against J. C. Reagan and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. This was a suit by appellants I. L. Wil-martb, Frank R. Lewis, W. A. Tucker, A. L. Trail, and T. J. Gilkey against the Kaufman county levee improvement district No. 9, and against J. C. Reagan, J. J. Roddy, and John Garner as the supervisors, and J. J. Davis, C. C. Ritter, and B. B. Hatley as the commissioners of appraisement of said district. Exceptions having been sustained to the plaintiffs’ second amended…

1Opinion of the Court

WILLSON, O. J.

(after stating the facts as above).

[1] While appellants charged in their second amended petition that “sufficient notice” was not given of the hearing at which the improvement district in question was created, it appeared from the records made a part of said petition by reference thereto, and before the court as exhibits to other pleadings in the case, that the requirement of the Act April 2, 1918 (General -Laws, Fourth Galled Session, pp. 97 to 117), with reference to notice of such hearing was complied with.

Therefore there was no merit in appellants’ contention that the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Crabb v. Celeste Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Parker v. Harris County Drainage Dist. No. 2Court of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  3. Holt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Cochran v. KennonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  5. Robertson v. HaynesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hill v. Smithville Independent School Dist.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Kincannon v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1925
  3. Roberts v. HallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
  4. Wilmarth v. ReaganTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  5. Marks v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939

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