Largen v. State, ex rel. Abrey

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

The nature of this proceeding, as well as the defenses, are thus stated in brief for appellants:

“ This is a suit in the nature of á proceeding quo warranto, instituted in the District Court of Lampasas County on the 4th day of November, 1889, in the name of the State of Texas, by information of the district attorney for said county upon the relation of W. B. Abney, against the appellants T. J. Largen et al., to oust them from their respective offices as mayor, aldermen, etc., of the city of Lampasas, on the ground that they had usurped, intruded into, and unlawfully…