King v. Moorhead

MONTEITEf, Chief Justice.

This action was brought by W. E. King and F.A.Young against respondents, Harris County Flood Control District and the Honorable Ben Moorhead, Judge of the County Court at Law of Harris County, as an original proceeding to compel Judge Moorhead by writ of mandamus to proceed to trial ill cause No. 52238, then pending on the docket of the County Court at Law of Harris County, in so far as said cause pertained to the right of Respondent Drainage District to condemn a tract of 3.885 acres of land, a portion of the homestead of Petitioner W. E. King, for a proposed…