Caven v. Coleman
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Harrison County. Coleman brought suit for mandamus against the mayor and aider-men of Marshall and had judgment awarding the writ. Defendants appealed, and on affirmance obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The defendant in error brought this action in the District Court of Harrison County to compel the plaintiffs in error, the mayor and aldermen of the city of Marshall, to create an “Examining and supervising Board of Plumbers” as provided by the Act of August 20, 1897. (Laws 25th Leg., p. 236.) The respondents answered, in substance, that they were not required to take such action for the reason that there were not and had never been in Marshall any such offices as city engineer and a local Board of Health, the statute in question requiring that the examining board…
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