Legal Opinion

Patillo v. County School Trustees of Wilson County

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 10, 1951No. 12205PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NORVELL, Justice.

For a reversal of the judgment rendered below, appellants, by a single point, assert that the County Board of School Trustees of Wilson County abused its discretion in ■refusing to detach certain territory from the Stockdale Independent School District and annex the sanje to the Nixon Independent School District.

The applicable statutory provision is Article 2742-f, § 1, Vernon’s Ann.Civ. Statutes, which is set out in the margin. 1 The statute has been construed as vesting a discretionary power in the County Board relating to the detaching of territory from one district and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Railroad Commission of Texas v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Wright v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  3. Schlemmer v. Board of TrusteesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  4. Young County Board of School Trustees v. BaileyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Neill v. CookCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  2. School District No. 68 v. HoskinsOregon Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Nichols v. Aldine Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1962
  4. Rodriguez v. VeraCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
  5. State Board of Examiners in Optometry v. MarlowCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953

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