Texas Supreme Court

P. L. Osborne v. R. M. Keith

January 5, 1944142 Tex. 262

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the trial court and Court of Civil Appeals, holding that a taxpaying citizen lacks standing to enjoin Jefferson County’s payment under a contract with its own agent because the contract is not illegal. The contract is merely voidable, not void, and the county may enforce it; therefore the injunction was improper.