McCarty v. Jarvis

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

A. H. McCarty and Elvin E. Kunkel have appealed from an order of Hon. A. J. Power, as judge of the district court of Tarrant county of the Ninety-Sixth judicial district, denying their petition for a writ of mandamus to compel Van Zandt Jarvis, mayor, and other members of the city council of the city of Fort Worth, to submit to the qualified voters of the city for adoption or rejection a proposed amendment to the charter of the city.

According to allegations in plaintiffs’ petition, the defendants, as members of the city council, have refused to grant a petition signed…