Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Johnson County

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 15, 1919No. 8816Published

Appeal iron District Court, Johnson County; O, L. Lockett, Judge. Suit by the county of Johnson and others-against L. D. Cooper and others. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant Cooper appeals.

1Opinion

On Motion for Rehearing.

[2] Appellee urges that the case of Ledbetter v. Dallas County, 51 Tex. Civ. App. 140, 111 S. W. 193, cited in our original opinion, is not authority in point, because, as averred, Johnson county, according to the last United States census, has a population of less than 35,000, while Dallas county had, at the time of the decision above mentioned, more than 50,000 population. There appears to be no evidence in this case as to what the population of Johnson county was during the period from 1912 to 1916, covering Cooper’s two terms of office, though the testimony of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ledbetter v. Dallas CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1908

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