McDowell v. Hightower

In a suit in the district court of the Sixtieth judicial district of Texas, at Beaumont, a judgment was entered removing T. H. Garner from the office of sheriff of Jefferson county and suspending him from office pending appeal. From this judgment, T. H. Garner perfected an appeal to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Ninth Supreme Judicial District of Texas, by giving notice of appeal and by filing a supersedeas bond, which was approved by the district clerk. The Court of Civil Appeals thereafter, on petition of T. H. Garner granted and issued an injunction, restraining relator as judge of the…