Garess v. Tobin

Appellant filed a suit against John W. Tobin, mayor of the city of San Antonio, to obtain an injunction restraining him from removing from the custody of the district court, or tampering with, any of the ballot boxes which were used at an election held in the city on December 4, 1923, to determine whether the city should issue bonds to raise money for certain purposes named in an ordinance passed by the commissioners of the city of San Antonio, that the court recount the ballots, tabulate and sum up the .returns in open court, and declare that all the propositions to the voters were defeated,…