Legal Opinion

Hale v. County School Trustees of Archer County

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 5, 1947No. 14891PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPEER, Justice.

Properly to understand the situation presented by this appeal it will be helpful to keep in mind that prior to the matters involved here, the following school districts existed: Newport Common School District No. 24 in Archer County, and contiguous thereto the Olney Independent School District in Young County, and adjacent to both of those just named there was the Megargel Independent School District (county line), embracing territory in Archer, Young, Throckmorton and Baylor Counties.

On August 26, 1946, a petition signed by twenty-four resident taxpayers of the Newport Common…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Houston Electric Co. v. DorsettTexas Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Drake v. YawnCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. City of San Antonio v. EarnestTexas Supreme Court · 1945
  4. Newsome v. ElliottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1940
  5. Benton v. LongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Beach City v. State ex rel. City of BaytownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Foulks v. China Spring Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1970

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