Legal Opinion
W.D. Yett, Mayor v. Cook
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1926No. 4432PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cureton
On January 2, 1925, Charles B. Cook filed this suit for mandamus against W. D. Yett, Mayor, and other officers of the City of Austin, to secure the issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the officers named to call an election for Councilmen for the first Monday in February, 1925.
One phase of the controversy was before us last term, and we refer to 0the opinion then rendered for a fuller preliminary statement of the case. 115 Texas, 175, 268 S. W., 715.
A peremptory writ of mandamus was awarded. An appeal was taken by the plaintiffs in error Yett and others, to the extent of giving notice of…
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