Legal Opinion
Scarbrough v. Eubank
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 13, 1899No. 824PublishedCited by 44 opinions
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Second District, in an appeal from Hartley County. The certificate under the Act of May 9, 1899 (Laws 1899, p. 170), was made upon the ground that the conclusion reached by the Court of Civil Appeals was in conflict with the ruling in the Fifth District, in Buckler v. Turbeville, 17 Texas Civil Appeals, 120.
1Opinion of the Court
GAIKES, Chief Justice.
In this case the Court of Civil Appeals certified, both under the Act of May 9, 1899 (Laws of 1899, page 170), and under article 1043 of the Revised Statutes, the following question for our decision:
“Whether, in a suit brought in 1896 to contest the validity of an election held for the removal of a county seat, it ivas competent to contest the validity thereof upon the ground that the county judge had no authority to order it, because of the disqualification of the applicants for the election, the applicants not so disqualified being less than the requisite number as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Board of Commissioners of Clarke Co. v. State, ex rel. LewisIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
- Bennett v. HetheringtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
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- State ex rel. Hymer v. NelsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Williams v. CastlemanTexas Supreme Court · 1922
- Kuhn v. City of YoakumTexas Commission of Appeals · 1928
- Thompson v. State of TexasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1900
- School Bd, Cty of Marshal v. State Crim Dist AttyTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- Turner v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
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