Montgomery Independent School District v. Martin

POPE, Justice.

Montgomery Independent School District seeks a writ of mandamus directing the Attorney General of Texas to approve an issue of $450,000 of the District’s Unlimited Tax Schoolhouse Bonds, Series 1970. The Attorney General says that the reason for refusing to approve the issue is that the bond election did not result in the necessary majority vote. The School District contends that portions of Article VI and Article VII of the Texas Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., as well as Section 20.04 of the Texas Education Code violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment…