Handley v. Coker

*816WALKER, Justice.

The suit is for a mandamus against the County Judge of Polk County, requiring him to order an election in Hortense Common School District No. 9 of Polk County upon the question whether this district should be consolidated for school purposes with Chester Common School District No. 17 of Tyler County.

Plaintiffs, who are the appellants, alleged that they were resident voters of the Hortense District and had presented to the defendant a lawful petition for this election, which the defendant had wrongfully denied. They alleged further that a lawful petition for an election in the…