Shepherd v. San Jacinto Junior College District

NORVELL, Justice.

The question involved in this appeal is whether or not that portion of Article 2815h, § 7 Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Stats.1 which provides that a junior college district may levy and collect a local ad valorem tax for the support and maintenance of a junior college is a valid constitutional enactment.

The appellants, Leon Shepherd and others, own real property within the boundaries of the appellee, San Jacinto Junior College District which is organized as a Union Junior College District under the provisions of Article 2815h, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats. Said landowners, as plaintiffs in the…