Ashford v. Goodwin
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by Ashford to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against Goodwin as district judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
Belator made application to this court for a mandamus directed to the Honorable John W. Goodwin, judge of the District Court of Coleman County, commanding him to proceed to hear and determine an application heretofore presented to him by relator for a writ of mandamus to be directed to the county clerk of Coleman County, requiring the said county clerk to place the name of the said Ashford upon the official ballot as the nominee of the Democratic party for public weigher in a certain “combined” justice’s precinct in the said county.
The relator sets up in detail the facts; that there was a…
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