Legal Opinion

Kidd v. Rainey, Chief Justice

Texas Supreme Court

Decided June 2, 1902No. Motion No. 967PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Motion for leave to file petition for mandamus requiring a court of civil appeals to certify a question to the Supreme Court.

1Opinion of the Court

GAINES, Chief Justice.

This is a motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the justices of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District to certify to this court for its determination a certain question which arose and was decided in that court in the case of W. P. Kidd v. J. H. Truett, county attorney. That suit was brought under the statute which provided a special procedure to contest elections. The election in controversy was one which was held under the local option law to determine whether intoxicating liquors should be sold in a certain…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Herf and Dittmar v. JamesTexas Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Simpson v. McDonaldTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Perry v. GreerTexas Supreme Court · 1920
  3. State Ex Rel. Bennett v. Clarendon Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Coultress v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Parr v. CantuTexas Supreme Court · 1960

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