Perkins v. State

For the sake of brevity and since the Court does not hold otherwise, I begin with the premise that the original incorporation proceedings were invalid for the reasons pointed out by the Court of Civil Appeals in its opinion. Tex.Civ.App., 360 S.W.2d 555. The only question then is whether the attempted incorporation was validated by either Article 966h or Article 974d-9, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Civ.Stat. The Court evidently regards each of these statutes as a rather weak crutch, because it is unwilling to venture forth without the aid of both.

Article 966h, which became effective on May 29, 1961,…