Howe v. Rose, County Judge

FISHER, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by the appellants against the appellees constituting the Commissioners Court of Coleman County for a mandamus to compel that body to open and establish a public road.

The trial court sustained demurrers to the petition, and the appellants declining to amend, the case was dismissed. The petition is as follows:

“First. That the petitioners are resident citizens of Coleman County, Texas, at this time, and were such at the time the petition was filed with the Commissioners Court of Coleman County, Texas, for the public road hereinafter mentioned, and are…