Mathews v. State Ex Rel. Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
This is a suit by information in the nature of a quo warranto, instituted by the State of Texas on the relation of Alice Wilson, A. C. Jones, Hugo Heldenfels, Yiggo Kohler, J. J. Welder, B. K. Klipstein, F. E. Burr, William Burr, J. M. Chittim, Thomas Welder, and H. W. Wilson, to oust H. P. Mathews, mayof of the city of Beeville, and B. Law, T. C. Williams, T. J. Skaggs, T. J. Hart, and W. H. George, aldermen of said city of Beeville, from office, and to declare the…
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This is a suit by information in the nature of a quo warranto, instituted by the State of Texas on the relation of Alice Wilson, A. C. Jones, Hugo Heldenfels, Yiggo Kohler, J. J. Welder, B. K. Klipstein, F. E. Burr, William Burr, J. M. Chittim, Thomas Welder, and H. W. Wilson, to oust H. P. Mathews, mayof of the city of Beeville, and B. Law, T. C. Williams, T. J. Skaggs, T. J. Hart, and W. H. George, aldermen of said city of Beeville, from office, and to declare the incorporation of said city of Beeville void. The allegations in the petition of relators and in the information are…
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
At the instance of twelve individual relators the information, in the nature of a quo warranto, was filed in this cause to oust the mayor and aldermen of the city of Beeville, and to have the proceedings to incorporate said city declared void. The relation was sworn to by only eight of the persons who signed it, and subsequently five of these asked to be permitted to withdraw from it. Their request was refused.. The respondents excepted to the information, because some of the persons signing it did not swear to it. The answer of the respondents contained the following…
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