Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 1922

Smith v. Patterson

Smith v. Patterson
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided June 15, 1922 · Jenkins
242 S.W. 752; 1922 Tex. App. LEXIS 1055 (South Western Reporter)

Smith v. Patterson

Opinion of the Court

JENKINS, J.

This suit was brought by appellant to test the constitutionality of Acts-37th Leg. 2d Called Sess. c. 6 (Vernon’s Ann. Supp. 1922, arts. 26, 27), reapportioning the-state into representative districts, in which act Swisher county was not mentioned as being in eluded in any district. The judgment of the-trial court sustained the constitutionality of' this act.

Upon appeal to this court, in order to obtain a final hearing before the time for names to be printed on the primary ticket, we certified, the question to the Supreme Court. That court has answered the certified question (242 S. W. 749), holding the act to be constitutional. Upon authority of this decision, we affirm the; judgment of the trial court.

Affirmed.

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