Riggins v. Thompson
Texas Supreme Court
Motion to punish for contempt in violating an injunction issued in the courts below and claimed to be still kept in force by the filing of a petition for writ of error in the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
GAINES, Chief Justice.
This is a motion to punish the respondents, one of whom is the city attorney, and the others members of the city council of the city of Waco, for contempt in disobeying an injunction, and to command them to rescind their action in removing the plaintiff in the motion from the office of mayor of that city. The nature of the proceeding will more fully appear by a brief statement of the facts-as shown by the motion and the record in the principal case.
Biggins was mayor of the city of Waco, having in April, 1902, been elected to that office for the term of two years. With…
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