Crosthwait v. State

SLATTON, Commissioner.

Mandamus proceedings by the State on the relation of John Parks, Jr., et al., against the County Auditor of Dallas county. Judgment of the trial court was in favor of relators which was affirmed on appeal. 107 S.W.2d 477. This Court granted the writ of error.

The district attorney of Dallas county employed a transfer company to haul marble boards from the places where they were being used in violation of law to the courthouse where such equipment was to be held and used as evidence in applications of the district attorney pending in the district court for destruction…