Denison v. State

BAUGH, Justice.

James V. Allred, as Attorney General, brought this suit on behalf of the state, in the nature of a quo warranto, against Prank L. Denison and others to cancel as void a commission issued by the Governor to said Denison as chairman of the state highway commission, and to oust him from said office on the ground that he was unlawfully attempting to exercise the duties and prerogatives thereof. Trial was to the court without a jury, at the conclusion of which the trial court granted the relief prayed for, and entered judgment accordingly, from which Denison has appealed.

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