Rouw v. Harrington

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is an election contest. proceeding under the provisions of Chapter 9, Vernon’s Ann.Tex.Stats., Election Code. The contest was brought by H. Rouw and others against Nix Harrington, Mayor of the City of Edinburg, Texas, and others, seeking to have an election held in the City of Edinburg, Texas, on December 4, 1954, at which there was submitted “the proposition of the issuance of bonds by said city in the amount of approximately $620,000.00 for drainage and paving,” declared to be null and void because of certain irregularities hereinafter discussed. The result…