Gilmore v. Jones

The Court of Civil Appeals bases its opinion in this case on a statement found in Corpus Juris Secundum. The court quotes from that treatise as follows:

*770“ ‘In the absence of fraud or collusion, a judgment for or against a governmental body, such as a municipal corporation, county, town, school or irrigation district, or other local governmental agency or district, or a board or officers properly representing it, is binding and conclusive on all residents, citizens, and taxpayers with respect to matters adjudicated which are of general and public interest, such as questions relating to public…