CULBERSON COUNTY v. HOLMES

No. 6377.

513 S.W.2d 126 (1974)

CULBERSON COUNTY, Appellant, v. Ken HOLMES et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Studdard, Melby, Schwartz & Tupper, John C. Melby, El Paso, for appellant.

Pearson, Speer, Oden, Hardie & Caballero, James M. Speer, El Paso, for appellees.


OPINION

PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment declaring unconstitutional an Act of the Legislature which provided for the abolition of the office of County Auditor of Culberson County. We affirm.

The title of the Act is "Abolition of office of county auditor in Culberson County; election; audit." The Article in question is 1645a-13, Vernon's Tex.Rev.Civ. Stat.Ann., and it became effective in August of 1973. Section 1 of the Act provides...

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