Hinojosa v. Edgerton

447 S.W.2d 670 (1969)

Jose S. HINOJOSA, County Clerk of Starr County, Petitioner,

v.

George H. EDGERTON et al., Respondents.

No. B-1022.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 15, 1969.

On Rehearing March 5, 1969.

F. R. Nye, Jr., Rio Grande City, Luther E. Jones, Jr., Corpus Christi, for petitioner.

Rankin, Kern, Martinez & Van Wie, H. H. Rankin, Jr., and Stonewall Van Wie, III, McAllen, for respondents.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

George H. Edgerton, et al., Respondents, instituted this suit seeking an order of the court declaring that forty-five instruments accepted and filed by Jose S. Hinojosa, County Clerk of…