Staples v. State Ex Rel. King

This is an original proceeding for contempt in this court, instituted on the motion of the relators filed in this cause while it was pending on appeal. The parties sought to be held in contempt are S. L. Staples, secretary of state, one of the appellants in the above cause, and W. A. Keeling, Attorney General of the state.

The basis for the contempt proceedings appear from the following brief statement:

The relators, who are appellees in this cause, O. E. King, P. C. Short, and L. E. McGee, filed in the district court of Navarro county, in the name of the State of Texas, and on their own…