Williams v. Huntress

Relator seeks to mandamus the County Clerk of Bexar County to print his name upon the ballot for the General Election in November as the democratic nominee for Judge of the Special Thirty-Seventh District Court.

This court was created at the last Called Session of the Legislature to become effective September 1st and a nominee was not chosen in the summer primary.

The first problem is whether or not the State Democratic Convention has the power to choose the party nominee. This is raised by the fact that the relator has a certificate from the State Convention certifying him as the party…