Mitchell v. Dixon

LOONEY, Justice.

This is a mandamus suit. E. B. Dixon, E. R. Dowlen and E. L. Vickery, relators, sought a writ of mandamus to compel the City of McKinney and its governing body, respondents herein, to appoint a board for the examination of plumbers, in obedience to the mandatory provisions of Articles 1076-1081, R.C.S., and/or of an ordinance of said City, adopted on August 17, 1937. Respondents’ demurrers to relators’ petition having been overruled, the cause was submitted on the pleadings and agreed facts, resulting in a decree commanding respondents to appoint a board for the examination of…