Polk v. Davidson

This is an original action for mandamus brought in this court by Neal Polk, relator, against J. R. Davidson, W. D. Miller and Judge Phil D. Woodruff, respondents.

On August 31, 1946, the Democratic Executive Committee of Harris County duly certified to Miller, County Clerk of Harris County, that Polk was the democratic nominee' for Sheriff of that county as the result of a second primary held August 24, 1946.

On September 9, 1946, Davidson, who had been Polk’s opponent in the second primary, filed in the 113th District Court of Harris County, over which .Judge Woodruff presides, a contest of…