State v. Bremond
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Master son. • ■ Suit brought by the State of Texas, suing for the benefit of the school fund of the school district of the county of Harris, to recover the amount claimed to be due on an assessment of ^ of one per cent., for the year 1871, for the purpose of building school houses and maintaining schools in said school district.
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Appeal from Harris. Tried below before the Hon. James Master son. • ■ Suit brought by the State of Texas, suing for the benefit of the school fund of the school district of the county of Harris, to recover the amount claimed to be due on an assessment of ^ of one per cent., for the year 1871, for the purpose of building school houses and maintaining schools in said school district. The defenses relied on in the-court below were: 1. That the county of Harris had never been divided into school districts as required by law. • 2. That the body styling itself “the board of school directors of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The instructions of the court to the jury in this case are as follows, viz.:
“ If from the evidence you find that Harris county was never subdivided into school districts (two or more), and no school directors were, after such subdivision, ever appointed to such school districts so ascertained, then, under the law governing the case, there is no legal board of school directors, and the resolution in evidence is a nullity. If you so find the facts, find for defendant on this branch of the case.
“ The section five, under which it is claimed by plaintiff that the alleged tax sought to be collected…
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