Rigby v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Pleasants. The opinion states the nature of the case. The penalty imposed by the jury was a fine of fifty dollars.
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Appeal from the District Court of Goliad. Tried below before the Hon. H. 0. Pleasants. The opinion states the nature of the case. The penalty imposed by the jury was a fine of fifty dollars. The proof showed that the commissioners court of Goliad county, after examining the statutes, and among them article 250 of the Penal Code, as to its power to appoint an agent to purchase mules for the use of the county, directed the defendant, one of its members, as its agent to purchase the two mules for the said county. Defendant purchased one mule from R. L. Turner, and reported to the commissioners…
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
Article 250 of the Penal Code is as follows; “If any officer of any county in this State, or of any city or town therein, shall become in any- manner pecuniarily interterested in any contract made by such county, city or town, through its agents or otherwise, for the construction or repair of any bridge, road, street, alley or house, or any other work undertaken by such county, city or town, or shall become interested in any bid or proposal for such work, or in the purchase or sale of anything made for or on account of such county, city or town, or who shall contract for or…
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