Willborn v. Deans

HUGHES, Justice.

A. B. Willborn, appellant, filed two suits in the court below, each having for its purpose the recovery of the office of Sheriff of McCulloch County, Texas. Defendants in one suit were the members of the Commissioners Court of McCulloch County and the defendant in the other suit was J. P. Williamson, the present incumbent of the sheriff’s office.

Appellant sought a temporary and permanent mandatory injunction restoring the office of sheriff to him. After notice and hearing on the application for a temporary injunction, the- application was denied and this appeal is from the…