No. 36682. June 29, 1942. Rehearing Denied December 30, 1942. Suit by Anthony Commander, Jr., and others against the Board of Commissioners of the Buras Levee District and another to annul a resolution adopted by the Board of Commissioners levying a tax on all taxable property within the district and for a restraining order to prohibit collection of the alleged illegal taxes. Exception filed by the Board of Commissioners to the jurisdiction of the court ratione materiae was referred to the merits
No. 8571. November 26, 1930. Rehearing Denied December 24, 1930. Appeal from District Court, Willacy County; A. M. Kent, Judge. Suit by the estate of Henrietta M. King and others against School Trustees of Willacy County and others. From an adverse judgment, the plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. S. L. Gill, of Raymondville, for appellants. Jesse G. Foster, of Raymondville, for appellees. FLY, C.J. This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement as well as a general demurrer and six special
Docket No. 12267. May 4, 1943. APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County vacating and setting aside a default and judgment. A.F. Bray, Judge. Affirmed; motion for diminution of record dismissed. Fabian D. Brown and Kenneth C. Zwerin for Appellant. Tinning DeLap, Francis P. Healey, District Attorney, and Homer W. Patterson, Deputy District Attorney, for Respondent. KNIGHT, J. Plaintiff appeals from an order granting a motion to vacate and set aside the default of the defendant
Decided November 19, 1935. Appeal from Bell Circuit Court. E.B. WILSON for appellant. LEE R. WILSON for appellee. OPINION OF THE COURT BY STANLEY, COMMISSIONER Affirming. The case tests the validity of bonds authorized by the county board of education of Bell county to fund a floating indebtedness. The facts are adduced by both pleading and proof. There has been a gradual increase in the indebtedness of the board beginning with a deficit in revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1928, so that
Decided June 4, 1931. In Court of Appeals. OPINION OF JUDGE RICHARDSON Sustaining Order Dissolving Temporary Restraining Order in First Action, and Setting Aside Order Granting Temporary Injunction in Second Action. In the first above styled action, G.W. Middleton, Millard Kelly, Dan Kelly, Joe Cawood, and Bob Wilson are defendants. The last four named defendants are members of the board of trustees of the Evarts graded school district in Harlan county. G.W. Middleton was elected a member of it in