Legal Opinion
County of Harris v. Shepperd
Texas Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1956No. A-5591Published
1Opinion of the Court
291 S.W.2d 721 (1956)
COUNTY of HARRIS, Texas, Relator,
v.
John Ben SHEPPERD, Attorney General of Texas, Respondent.
No. A-5591.
Supreme Court of Texas.
May 2, 1956.
Rehearing Denied July 11, 1956.
Burke Holman, County Atty., Houston, Tex., for relator.
John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Elbert M. Morrow and Frank Pinedo, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.
CULVER, Justice.
Harris County seeks a mandamus to require the Attorney General to approve certain bonds which the County proposes to issue under the authority of Chapter 382, Acts of the 54th Legislature, 1955.
Section 1 of the Act reads:
"This local law…
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