DuBose v. Ainsworth

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an election contest involving an election held within the City of Gonzales, Texas, a municipal corporation, on. the 30th day of September, A. D. 1938, for the purpose of determining whether or not the City should be authorized to issue revenue bonds in the amount of $125,000, to provide funds to build and purchase a city lighting and power system.

The election returns reflected that 302 votes had been cast in favor of the proposition and 274 votes against it, and an order was entered declaring that the proposition submitted had carried.

The contestants, C. E. DuBose and…