Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, the rules governing civil suits in the district court apply to an election contest in the district court.
Tex. Elec. Code § 231.002
APPLICABILITY OF RULES GOVERNING CIVIL SUITS
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Tiller v. Martinez (1998)
Most recently applied in City of Houston v. Bryant (January 2017)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.