Templeton v. Weatherly

WALKER, Chief Justice.

This was a mandamus suit by appellant, G. W. Templeton, as relator, against the county judge and four county commissioners of Montgomery county, as respondents, praying for an order commanding them to grant relat- or’s application for the appointment of a deputy con stable, made under the provisions of article 3902 as amended by Acts 1931, e. 214, § 2 (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 3902), and sections 1 and 2 of article G879a, Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. (Acts 42nd Legislature, 1931, e. 280, §§ 1, 2). While the name of the proposed deputy was given in the application, which was…