State Ex Rel. Sutherland v. Pease
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Nueces County; W. B. I-Iopkins, Judge. Quo warranto by the state, on the relation of H. R. Sutherland, against Clark Pease. From a judgment for defendant, relator appeals.
1Opinion
On Motion for Rehearing.
R. P. Blucher admitted that he marked for the illiterate voters in ward 3; and that the marking was done, at least a portion of the time, in a little room adjoining the large room in which the election was held. A number of voters claimed that they told Blucher to scratch the names of the opponents of Sutherland; but the tickets disclosed that the names of Sutherland and Blake, condidates for mayor, were erased, and the name of Pease left. At least one voter, Felix Torres, challenged the act of Blucher in erasing the name of Sutherland, and leaving that of Pease, at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. SomersTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- League v. TrepagnierCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896