Buchanan v. Graham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Ector. Tried below before Hon. James L. Shepherd.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, Associate Justice.
Appellants M. G. Buchanan and E. M. Graham were appointed school trustees of school district No. 1, in Ector County, under the following circumstances: L. M. Wilson, the county judge, for some reason failed to order an election for school trustees at the proper time. After having discovered this omission he sought advice from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as to his duty in the premises, and was advised that it would be his duty to appoint the school trustees, since an election, in the absence of an order therefor, would not be legal. Acting upon this…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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