Brazos River Transmission Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Triplett

HALE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Hill County refusing an application for a writ of mandamus. Appellant-sought, by the writ applied for, to require the County Judge of Hill County to file a tendered suit in eminent domain on its behalf for the condemnation of certain lands located in that county. The application was refused upon the ground that the legal effect of Art. 1970 — 333 of Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats., as enacted by the 50th Legislature in 1947, was to divest out of the County Judge and the County Court of Hill County any further exercise of judicial…