Worsham v. Richards

Citations

• 46 Tex. 441

Syllabus

<p>1. Jurisdiction—County seat—County Court.—As the statute has required the application to remove a county seat, to be made to the County Court, and they are to determine whether it -has been made by a majority of the registered voters of the county, and.to order the election and give notice thereof, it maj’’ be inferred that the Legislature intended to confide to the County Court the investigation and determination of all the other facts necessary to a fair and legal election.</p> <p>2. County Court—Jurisdiction.—The members of the County Court must be organized as a court, under the law, before their conclusions can be received and acted on as the judgment of the court.</p> <p>3. County seat—Parties.—The citizens of a county have no such legal right, in the locality of a county seat, as will enable them to bring a suit to prevent a change of it by the authorities appointed by law to act on that subject.</p>