Legal Opinion
Bexar County v. Tynan
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 21, 1934No. 9460PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Justice.
This suit was instituted by Bexar county against county and precinct officers seeking to enjoin them from retaining certain fees of office and requiring them to account for certain alleged excess fees of office.
The county bases its cause of action on House Bill No. 490, passed by the Forty-Third Legislature, and found published in Acts 1933, c. 60, beginning at page 128 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 3912b). The trial judge held this bill to be unconstitutional and void, and refused to issue the injunction as prayed for by the county.
The effect of H. B. 490 is to greatly re-duee…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Fort Worth v. BobbittTexas Supreme Court · 1931
- City of Fort Worth v. BobbittTexas Commission of Appeals · 1931
- Altgelt v. GutzeitTexas Supreme Court · 1918
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Fritter v. WestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
3Cited by5 opinions
- County of Bexar v. TynanTexas Supreme Court · 1936
- Bexar County v. TynanTexas Commission of Appeals · 1936
- State v. HallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934
- Brownfield v. TongateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
- Garvey v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935