Villanueva v. Harville

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment denying Tina Villanueva a writ of mandamus to compel the members of the Commissioners Court of Jim Wells County to set aside their order of July 12, 1966, abolishing the offices of Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Places 1 and 2, and creating the office of Justice of Peace, Precinct 1. In the same order the former Justice of Peace, Place 2, was appointed to the newly created office.

The purpose of the suit was to reinstate appellant, Tina Villanueva, to the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1, the post to which she…