State Ex Rel. Edwards v. Reyna

This is an ouster suit based upon alleged official misconduct 1 of school trustees growing out of an election held on April 5, 1958. The trial court ousted E. B. Reyna, Margarito Reyna and Ramiro Cardenas from office 2 but this judgment was reversed by the Court of Civil Appeals. Reyna v. State ex rel. Hamp Edwards, 319 S.W. 2d 28.

This Court was of the tentative opinion that as the defendant trustees had assumed to prepare the official ballot for the election mentioned, they were subject to removal from office in failing to carry out such duty in a fair and impartial manner, and that the…