Legal Opinion

Spears v. Davis

Texas Supreme Court

Decided January 31, 1966No. A-11215Published

1Opinion of the Court

398 S.W.2d 921 (1966)

Franklin SPEARS, Relator,

v.

Will D. DAVIS, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Respondent.

Galloway CALHOUN, Jr., Relator,

v.

Will D. DAVIS, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Respondent.

Nos. A-11215, A-11224.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 31, 1966.

Cofer, Cofer & Hearne, Austin, William L. Garwood, Austin, for relator Spears.

Dan Moody, Jr., John E. Clark, Austin, for relator Calhoun.

Tom Sealy, Midland, Joe M. Kilgore, Austin, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

Relators, Franklin Spears and Galloway Calhoun, Jr., presently State Senators, have…

Also in this document: Dissent · Calvert; Dissent · Griffin.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Walker v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Spears v. DavisTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Leslie v. GriffinTexas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  4. Purcell v. LindseyTexas Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Alaska Steamship Co. v. Mullaney, Commission of TaxationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950

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