Pease v. State

This case has been before the courts of Texas since 1911, being instituted by Sutherland to recover the office of mayor of Corpus Christi from appellant, an office to which the contestant had been elected by the voters of that city. The city commissioners were compelled, by a writ of mandamus from the district court, to issue a certificate of election to Pease. Sutherland then sought by quo warranto to oust appellant from the office and was decided against by the district judge. The cause was appealed to this court, and on April 10, 1912, the judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. 147…