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Hon. Dudley Davis, page 2 (V-1280)
"On April 25, 1951, after the majority
opinion in this case was announced on April
18, 1951, the County School Trustees of
Shelby County passed an order annexing Fel-
lowship Consolidated Common School District
No. 72 and Jackson Common School District
No. 77 to the Joaquin Independent School
District No. 38 under Article 2922a, V.C.S.,
and enlarged Joaquin Independent School
District under said statute and in accord-
ance with the majority opinion of the case
cited above.
"The Legislature passed House Bill
814 which became effective on June 28,
1951, validating such school districts.
Our case was not in litigation on June
28th, the effective date of the Act,
since our request for rehearing was
denied on June 13, 1951. Thereafter,
on July 9, 1951, the County School Trus-
tees passed an order by which they at-
tempted to set aside and rescind their ,
prior order of annexation of said dis-
tricts dated April 25, 1951.
"Please advise at the earliest pos-
sible date your opinion as to the fol-
lowing questions, to-wit:
"l. Did the County School Trustees
of Shelby County have legal authority to
rescind the order of annexation of said
districts by its order dated July 9,
1951?
"2. Is the Joaquin Independent School
District now an enlarged independent school
district composed of the original Joaquin
School District, Fellowship Consolidated
Common School District and Jackson Common
School District?"
The county school board order, dated October
1, 1949, purported to annex the Jackson, the Fellow-
ship, and the Eagle Mills Common School Districts to
the Joaquin Independent School District and to declaresuch composition a rural high school district. That
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-1280, text, September 12, 1951; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth266098/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.