Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Downs v. Harney
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided August 5, 1942No. 11227PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Chief Justice.
This action, for the removal from office of the Sheriff of Nueces County, was brought in the name of the State, by the Attorney General, in the 94th District Court of that County, on the relation of a group of citizens of that County.
On the trial of the action on its merits, a jury found for the Sheriff on each of the, numerous charges set up by the Attorney General, and upon that verdict the trial court rendered judgment denying removal of the Sheriff. The Attorney General has prosecuted this appeal from that judgment.
At the outset this Court is presented with the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. MooreTexas Supreme Court · 1882
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