Anderson v. Ashe

PLEASANTS, Chief Justice.

Relator, A. R. Anderson, who was a candidate for nomination for the office of sheriff of Harris County at the Democratic primary election held in said county on July 23, 1910, has applied to this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, Charles E. Ashe, who is a judge of a District Court for Harris County, to proceed to hear and determine a contest filed by relator in said court attacking the returns of said election, which show the nomination of respondent, Frank Hammond. The grounds of the contest are fraud and illegality in the election, and the…