Yoakum County Gas Co. v. Dudley

LUMPKIN, Justice., This is a statutory election contest. On July 16, 1949, an election, duly ordered, was held in the City of Sundown, Hockley County, Texas, to determine whether the city should issue bonds for city improvements and whether ad valorem taxes should be levied to pay interest on the bonds and to redeem them at maturity. On July 18, 1949, the return day of the election, the City Commission, after canvassing the election returns, declared the bond election carried.

This suit was instituted by the contestant, Yoakum County Gas Company, against the contestees, Lester S. Dudley, James…