Legal Opinion

Pease v. State Ex Rel. Sutherland

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 19, 1913PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Nueces County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge. Quo warranto by the State of Texas on the relation of H. R. Sutherland against Clark Pease. Judgment for relator, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMotjrsund, J.

This is a quo warranto instituted by the state of Texas, through its district attorney, John I. Kleiber, upon the relation of H. R. Sutherland, to oust appellant, Clark Pease, from the office of mayor of the city of Corpus Christi and place relator therein. Upon, a former trial judgment was rendered in favor of Clark Pease, which was reversed by this court (147 S. W. 649). This trial resulted in a judgment against said Pease, from which this appeal was taken.

The trial judge filed his conclusions of fact, which are lengthy, but the main features of which are that, while on the face of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Merriman v. BlalackCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  2. Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. BrooksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. O'Farrell v. De O'FarrellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
  4. State Ex Rel. Sutherland v. PeaseCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
  5. J. A. Flomerfelt & Co. v. Hume Bros.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1895

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ramsay v. WilhelmCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
  2. Cole v. State Ex Rel. CoboliniCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Houston Oil Co. of Texas v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
  4. Lane v. GoodingSupreme Court of Colorado · 1917
  5. Ward v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1938

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