Hogan Ex Rel. Murphy v. Turland

HAMILTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the court of civil appeals dismissing an appeal from the county court refusing to issue a writ of mandamus to the justice of the peace to compel him to accept notice of appeal and an appeal bond in a misdemeanor conviction. The court of civil appeals held that it had no jurisdiction of the appeal. 419 S.W.2d 383.

The facts of the case as stated in the opinion of the court of civil appeals are as follows:

“Ernest Lamar Murphy, an eighteen-year-old boy, was arrested by city police in Killeen, without a warrant and without complaint, while…