Duncan v. Willis

302 S.W.2d 627 (1957)

J. O. DUNCAN, County Attorney Upshur County, Petitioner,

v.

Clayton WILLIS et al., Respondents.

No. A-6104.

Supreme Court of Texas.

May 15, 1957.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1957.

Fulton, Hancock & McClain, Gilmer, for petitioner.

Looney Lindsey, Power, McDonald & Mell, Gilmer, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

This is an election contest and while judgments in such proceedings are ordinarily final in the Courts of Civil Appeals, we took jurisdiction by reason of the admitted conflict between the decision below, Willis v. Duncan, Tex.Civ.App., 294 S.W.2d 914, and one of the numerous…