PARKER v. SAN JACINTO COUNTY WATER CONTROL

No. A-4782.

273 S.W.2d 586 (1954)

R. C. PARKER et al., Appellants, v. SAN JACINTO COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

December 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Cochran, Cleveland, James E. Faulkner, Coldspring, for appellants.

George B. Darden and Gerald Creighton, Jr., Conroe, Kirby Kelley, Shepherd, Dumas, Huguenin & Boothman, Dallas, for appellees.


WILSON, Justice.

The sole question presented in this direct appeal is the constitutionality of a portion of Art. 7880-3a, R.C.S. This statute delegates to a water control and improvement district the power to install a sanitary and storm sewer disposal system financed by tax-supported bonds. This delegation of power is claimed to be unauthorized by the Constitution.

The defendant district has sold $50,000 worth of bonds and proposes to use the money in the...

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