Legal Opinion

Wortham Independent School Dist. v. State Ex Rel. Fairfield Consol. Independent School Dist.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 21, 1951No. 3020PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HALE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the 87th Judicial District Court of Freestone County granting a temporary injunction pending the trial of a case on its merits. A correct disposition of the appeal turns upon whether the trial court had jurisdiction to hear the application on which the order was based and, if so, whether the court’s action in granting the writ constituted an abuse of discretion.

The present proceeding is an aftermath of the controversy involved in the prior case of Fairfield Independent School Dist. Streetman Independent School Dist. et al.,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Mesquite Independent School District v. GrossTexas Supreme Court · 1934
  2. Wild v. People ex rel. StephensIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Connellee v. BlantonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  4. Clark v. HoltSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1951
  5. State Ex Rel City of Jasper v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1945

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hand v. State Ex Rel. YelkinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
  2. Ex Parte RodriguezCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  3. Munday Independent School District v. Knox City Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Crystal Media, Inc. v. HCI Acquisition Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1989
  5. Munday Independent School District v. County Board of School TrusteesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955

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