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SMITH COUNTY v. THORNTON

No. C-4315.

726 S.W.2d 2 (1986)

SMITH COUNTY, Texas, and Tyler Pipe Industries of Texas, Inc., Petitioners, v. George THORNTON, Joe Davenport and Glenn Ellerd, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bain, Files, Allen and Caldwell, Gene Caldwell, Ramey, Flock, Hutchins, Jeffus, Crawford and Harper, Mike Hatchell, Jack Skeen, Jr., Dist. Atty., Ruth Blake, Asst. Dist. Atty., Tyler, for petitioners.

Jackson and Jackson, Alan R. Jackson, Tyler, for respondents.

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

This appeal presents the issues of whether the Open Meetings Act requires literal compliance and whether a county has the power to close a portion of a county road. We hold that Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6252-17, § 3A(h) (Vernon 1985) requires literal compliance and that a county commissioners court, subject to certain restrictions, has the power to close a county road.

The trial court denied respondents' prayer to enjoin...

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