McLemore v. Stanford

BOND, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Van Zandt County, Texas, upholding the validity of an election held for consolidation of Emerson Common School District No. 77 with Martin’s Mill Independent School District No. 75, based upon alleged irregularities in calling the election, posting of notices, and the order of the Commissioners’ Court declaring the result.

The record shows that on December 8, 1942, two petitions were presented to the County Judge of Van Zandt County, one from the Emerson District, purportedly signed by 21 qualified voters, reciting…