Scurlock v. Wingate

This is a stock law election contest. The case was tried before the court without a jury and judgment rendered declaring the election void. The case is before us on appeal.

The record contains the following findings of fact and conclusions of law- by the court:

“Conclusions of Pacts.'

“I find the facts in the above entitled and numbered cause to be as follows:

“An election was held in drainage district No. 3, of Jefferson county, Tex., at Hampshire on May 24, 1924, for the purpose of determining whether horses, cattle, jacks, and jennets should be permitted to run at large within the territorial…