Hidalgo County Water Control & Improvement District No. 1 v. Boysen

This is an appeal from an order denying a temporary injunction. Appellants sought the injunction to restrain the payment of attorney’s fees to the attorney for the water master in a pending suit. They claimed that the attorney was appointed by a void order. The issue is whether two District Judges who entered orders were disqualified, one because he was an attorney in the case, and the other because of his relative’s interest.

The Hon. Magus F. Smith, as Judge ot the 93rd Judicial District, entered an order during February, 1961, which discharged one attorney and appointed John Snedeker to…