Howard v. Clack

GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

Relators in this original petition for mandamus are voters in the city of Garland who have sought to invoke the provisions of the city charter for recall of one of the members of the city council. Their petition for recall was certified by the city secretary as containing the names of the requisite number of voters, but the city council has refused to call an election after making its own examination of the petition and determining that some of the purported signatures are not genuine and that others are of persons who have sought to withdraw their names. Relators seek…