Legal Opinion

Thorne v. Moore

Texas Supreme Court

Decided December 11, 1907No. 1770PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Original application by Thorne to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus requiring the district judge to vacate peremptory mandamus issued by him in vacation, commanding the county judge of Leon County to make publication of the result of a local option election.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

Gordon Boone, judge of the 12th Judicial District, to vacate an order made by him at Chambers, in Madison County, on.the 6th day of November, 1907, awarding a peremptory mandamus to relator, as county judge of Leon County, requiring" him to make the statutory publication of the result of a local option election held in the town of Oakwoods in Léon County on the 23d day of September, 1907. The. respondents, besides Judge Boone, áre the persons on whose application the mandamus was awarded by him,

The principal ground on which the application to this court is based is that the district judge had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. County of Anderson v. KennedyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Jones v. McMahanTexas Supreme Court · 1868
  3. City of Houston v. Thomas Emery's SonsTexas Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Griffin v. WakeleeTexas Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Murphy v. WentworthTexas Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. W.D. Yett, Mayor v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Yett v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1925
  3. City of Big Spring v. GarlingtonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  4. Miller v. State Ex Rel. MeyersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  5. Grimm v. GarnerTexas Supreme Court · 1979

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