Legal Opinion

Dallas County v. Lively

Texas Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 1914No. 2337PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Question, certified from the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District, in an appeal from Dallas County.

1Opinion of the Court

Me. Chief Justice BROWN"

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Honorable Court of Civil Appeals of the Fifth Supreme Judicial District has certified to this court the following statement and question:

“Appellant brought this suit against the appellee and the sureties on his official bond to recover the sum of $675, illegally paid him for ex-officio services while serving as county judge of said Dallas County. Appellee recovered and the county appeals.
“On February 24, 1905, appellee, being then judge, the Commissioners Court passed an order allowing, ‘until further ordered by the court/ the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Carpenter v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Commissioners Court of Lubbock County v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1971
  2. Rhoads Drilling Co. v. AllredTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  3. Terrell v. MiddletonTexas Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Jones v. VeltmannCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  5. Gramling v. MaxwellDistrict Court, W.D. North Carolina · 1931

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