School Bd, Cty of Marshal v. State Crim Dist Atty

This is a direct attack by quo warranto on an ordinace extending the corporate limits of the City of Marshall for school purposes only to embrace the territory of the Woodlawn Common School District No. 13. The ordinance is challenged on the ground that the petition requesting such extension was not signed by a majority of the resident qualified voters of the affected area as required by Article 2803, Vernon’s Ann. Tex. Civ. Stat. In response to the single special issue submitted, the jury found that the petition was signed by a majority of the voters residing in District 13, and judgment was…