Mills County v. Lampasas County.

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court answered the certified question negatively, holding that Article 790 of the Revised Statutes applies only to ordinary claims against a county and does not govern a suit by a parent county to recover its proportionate debt from a newly created county. Accordingly, the claim need not be presented to the Commissioners Court of the new county, and the Commissioners Court lacks general authority over such county business.