Legal Opinion
Conley v. Daughters of the Republic
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1913PublishedCited by 79 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fourth Supreme Judicial District. Suit 'by the Daughters of the Republic against A. B. Conley and others. Judgment for plaintiff in the Court of Civil Appeals (151 S. W. 877), and. defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
The plaintiff in error A. B. Conley is. the superintendent of public buildings and grounds of the state of Texas. The defendant in error is a private corporation created under the second subdivision of article 1121 of the Revised Statutes of 1911, which reads as follows:
“See. 1121. The purposes for which private corporations may be formed are: * * * (2) The support of any benevolent, charitable, educational or missionary undertaking.”
The charter of the corporation was prepared and filed in accord with the requirements of the law and expressed the purposes of the corporation thus:
“1st. To…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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