Southwestern Surety Insurance v. Ferguson

KEY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal, authorized by recent legislation, from a perliminary ex parte order granting a writ of injunction as prayed for in the plaintiff’s petition. Though not required to do so both parties have filed briefs in this court, and we copy the following statement from appellee’s brief:

"Appellee Jas. E. Ferguson, plaintiff below, on August 10, 1910,'pre-sented to the Hon. John D. Bobinson, judge of the District Court of Bell County, Texas, in chambers, a petition for an injunction, alleging, among other things, in substance, that he is the owner of a majority of the…