Stamps v. Tittle

Appellee, L. W. Tittle,, claiming to hold the office of prison commissioner under the appointment of the Governor of Texas, and that such appointment had been duly confirmed by the Senate of Texas, and alleging that during his incumbency of said office, and at a time when there was no vacancy in said office, the Governor undertook to appoint appellant, Stamps, as such officer, but that such appointment was ineffectual, and further alleging that W. O. Murray and S. J. Bass, also prison commissioners by virtue of the Governor’s appointment, had conspired with appellant, Stamps, to oust him from…