Flippin v. Murray

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Paul Flippin, on September 22, 1932, filed this suit in the district court of Hopkins county, Tex., against the commissioners’ court of Hopkins county, composed of J. J. Murray, county judge, and Allen Sanders, G. W. Turrentine, Frank Gregg, and J. P. Orr, county commissioners of said county. Appellant by bis petition sought the district court to issue its writ of mandamus requiring said county commissioners to approve appellant’s official bond and appoint him public weigher in and for justice precinct No. 1 of Hopkins county, Tex. Appellant further alleged…