Stevenson v. Sherman

YOUNG, Justice.

This suit was filed January 29, 1949 by appellee Sherman, a candidate for office of Dallas County Commissioner No. 1, 1948 Democratic Primaries, on behalf of himself and all other candidates similarly situated, against appellants Stevenson and Wynes, Chairman and Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, of the Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee; alleging that the candidates had paid to defendants sums of money (more than $40,000) in proportionate assessments for defraying expenses of holding such primaries, as provided by Art. 3108, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.Sts.; that defendants…