Jones v. Anderson

MURRAY, Justice.

This suit was instituted 'by appellant, H. H. Jones, against C. W. Anderson, County Judge of Bexar County, and the members of the Commissioners’ Court, seeking a mandamus requiring said County Judge and Commissioners’ Court to canvass votes cast for appellant for the office of County Attorney of Bexar County, at the November 7, 1944, General Election, and issue him a certificate of election to said office, and further seeking a declaratory judgment invalidating Art. 52 — 161, Vernon’s Revised Code of Criminal Procedure.

The trial was before the court and resulted in judgment…