Griffith v. State Ex Rel. Ainsworth

This is an action in quo warranto instituted by the district attorney of the Eighty-Third district of Texas, upon relation of L. W. Ainsworth, to remove appellant, H. B. Griffith, from the office of county judge of Upton county, Tex., and for-the emoluments of the office. Petition signed by both the district attorney and attorney for appellee. Tried to a jury, and upon the verdict the court entered its judgment that L. W. Ainsworth recover of H. B. Griffith title and possession of the office, and further decreed that “Ainsworth take nothing upon his suit for salary, fees, or emoluments.”

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