Legal Opinion
Rutledge v. Atkinson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 13, 1937No. 8588PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCLENDON, Chief Justice.
This case involves, as its controlling question, the validity of that portion of chapter 128, p. 328, Gen. Laws Reg.Sess. 43d Leg., 1933 (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 1601), which increased from five to ten years the time in which an election for removing a county seat could not be held after a prior election for that purpose. The suit was by taxpaying citizens of Irion county to enjoin the county judge and other officials from moving the county seat from Sherwood to Mertzon, in accordance with an election held on September 5, 1936; a previous valid election retaining…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Arnold v. LeonardTexas Supreme Court · 1925
- Doeppenschmidt v. I. G.N.R.R. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1907
- Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. City of FarmersvilleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Ward Cattle & Pasture Co. v. CarpenterTexas Supreme Court · 1918
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by8 opinions
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1969
- State v. EmersonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1939
- Landrum v. Centennial Rural High School Dist. No. 2Court of Appeals of Texas · 1939
- Praetorians v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
- Snelson v. DraneCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1939
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