Legal Opinion
Church v. Bullock
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 8, 1908No. 1741PublishedCited by 30 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District, on error thereto from Navarro County. Church and others brought suit for injunction against Bullock" and others. Defendants had judgment which was affirmed on writ of error brought by plaintiffs, who thereupon obtained writ of error from the Supreme Court. This case should have appeared in an earlier volume, but did not reach the Reporter for that purpose.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
We adopt the following statement of the case and the conclusions of fact made by the Honorable Cornrt of Civil Appeals:
“This is an action for mandamus brought in the District Court by appellants against the board of trustees of the public school of the city of Corsicana, appellees, commanding said trustees to desist from conducting certain exercises in said school which are alleged to be religious and sectarian.
“Defendants answered by general denial and specially, in substance, that said exercises were neither religious nor sectarian in the sense prohibited by the Constitution or laws of this…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pfeiffer v. Board of EducationMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Hackett v. Brooksville Graded School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Moore v. MonroeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- State v. . SwinkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1838
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- State ex rel. Dearle v. FrazierWashington Supreme Court · 1918
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