State Ex Rel. Stevens v. Black

Appellants have set forth in their brief in this case a statement ' showing the nature and result of this suit, which is in no way questioned by appellees, and we will therefore adopt that statement as far as we deem necessary in disposing of this appeal. The statement by appellants is, in part, as follows:

“This is a quo warranto proceeding, instituted by the State of Texas, acting through J. A. Mooney, Jr., County Attorney of Jasper County, who, in filing the suit, acted of his own accord and upon the relation and at the instance of E. P. Stevens and another taxpayer in the territory…