Scaling v. Williams

This suit was instituted by H. S. Sealing against J. P. Williams, county judge, and members of the commissioners’ court of Olay county, on July 8, 1925.

Plaintiff alleged that on May 31, 1924, by “order duly made,” the commissioners’ court established road district No. 7 of Clay county, 25 miles in length north and south and 5 miles in width east and west; that, acting on a petition previously filed, the court ordered an election to be held on July 8, 1924, to determine whether bonds of the district for $60,000 should be issued for constructing and maintaining hard-surface roads in the…