Thornburgh v. City of Tyler

This was an action brought by William H. Thornburgh to recover of the city of Tyler upon 250 bonds of the value of $100 each, issued in aid of the Houston Great Northern Railroad. The case was tried below before the Honorable Felix J. McCord, the district judge, without a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of the city that plaintiff take nothing, holding the bonds invalid.

Plaintiff objected to a trial before Judge McCord, because he was a taxpayer in the city of Tyler, and for that reason disqualified to sit in the trial of the case, but the objection was overruled, and the ruling has…