Ault v. Hill County
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hill County. . Ault sued the county, appealed from a judgment for defendant, and obtained writ of error on its affirmance.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
This was an action by plaintiff in error against the county for damages for breach of a contract between them for the construction by Ault of certain improvements upon the courthouse of the county. One of the defenses was that the contract was void because it attempted to create a debt against the county without provision made to pay the interest and sinking fund as required by section 7 of article 11 of the Constitution.
It appeared at the trial that the contract was concluded November 24, 1906, between Ault and the Commissioners Court, as then composed, and that it was repudiated by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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