State ex rel. Criminal District Attorney ex rel. Lindsey v. City of Marshall

FANNING, Justice.

This ⅛ a direct attack by quo warranto on an ordinance extending the corporate limits of the City of Marshall for school purposes only to embrace the territory of Jonesville Common School District No. 16. The ordinance was challenged by appellants on several grounds, among which were that the petition requesting such extension was not signed by a majority of the resident qualified voters of the affected area as required by Art. 2803, Vernon’s Ann. Tex.Civ.Stat., that the city commission of Marshall, Texas, did not acquire jurisdiction or authority to pass said ordinance and…