Hunt v. Atkinson

This appeal is from a judgment of the court below in favor of appellees in a suit for mandamus brought against them by appellants to compel the appellee Atkinson, county judge of Harris county, to call an election to determine whether the inhabitants of certain territory in Harris county described in the petition should incorporate said territory under a commission form of municipal government, and for the election of a mayor and two commissioners, as provided for by articles 1154-1159, Revised Statutes 1925. Appellee, the city of Houston, was made defendant because of its claim of…