City of Austin v. Thompson

On June 3, 1948, Honorable Homer Thornberry, a member of the City Council of the City of Austin, resigned, thereby creating a vacancy in the City Council. On August 19, 1948, the City Council passed an ordinance which recited that “the City Council desires to receive nominations from the qualified voters • of the City in order that the person receiving the highest number of votes may be named by the Council to fill said vacancy.” The ordinance ordered an election to be held on October 5, 1948, “at which election there shall be nominated at large by the qualified voters of the City of Austin a…