Commissioners Court of Cherokee County v. Cooksey

COLLEY, Justice.

Robert Underwood, O.B. Sartain, Joe Henderson, Frank Ross, and Robert McNatt, respectively the four County Commissioners and County Judge of Cherokee County, comprise the Commissioners Court of Cherokee County and are defendants/appellants in this case. Defendants seek reversal of a judgment below granting a writ of mandamus compelling the Commissioners Court to fund the office of County Court At Law of Cherokee County1 for the calendar year 1986. We reverse the judgment and render judgment denying the petition for mandamus.

The plaintiff below, Alicia Cooksey, filed a petition…