Legal Opinion
Commissioners' Court of Limestone County v. Garrett
Texas Commission of Appeals
Decided January 25, 1922No. 296-3581PublishedCited by 30 opinions
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by Claud Garrett and others against the Commissioners’ Court of Limestone County and others. From a judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals (230 S. W. 1010) reversing a judgment for defendants and remanding the cause, defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHamilton, J.
The Thirty-Sixth Legislature passed, and the Governor approved on March 15, 1919, a statute denominated “An act to create a more efficient road system for Limestone county, Texas,” the provisions of which pertinent to the issues in this suit are:
“Sec. 4. In the event an election is held and bonds voted for the entire county, a board of permanent road commissioners shall be composed of the county judge, county auditor, and the four commissioners, and in addition thereto, three citizens to be selected from each commissioner’s precinct. The persons to be chosen members of the board shall be men…
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