State Ex Rel. English v. Buchanan

TALBOT, Associate Justice.

This is an action by the State on the relation of English and others, in the nature of quo warranta, attacking the validity of the incorporation of the town of Celina, Collin County, Texas, into an independent free school district; challenging the right of J. T. Buchanan and others to act as trustees of said district and their authority to levy and collect a tax upon the property of the citizens lying within its boundaries, for free school purposes.

A general demurrer was sustained to appellant’s petition; they declined to amend, and the case was dismissed. From this…