Markowsky v. Newman

Mr. Judge Slatton,

of the Commission of Appeals, delivered the opinion for the Court.

Questions of law have been certified to this Court by the Court of Civil Appeals at Galveston. The facts appear in the certificate, which we quote:

“This is an election contest case.

“The questions of law hereinafter certified arise out of the record in this cause — pending here undisposed of on appeal from the district Court of DeWitt County— involve among other issues the correct construction of Article VI, Section 3a, of the State Constitution, and of Article 2955a, Vernon’s Ann. Civil Statutes, reading in…