Wolf v. Young

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court which abated’ and. dismissed a petition for mandamus to compel the County Judge of Nueces County to. call an election for incorporation of a city to be known as West Corpus Christi. A petition for incorporation was filed with the County Judge in accord with the provisions of Article 1134, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. The County Judge, after hearing, refused to call the election. The fundamental question presented by the appeal is that of-the governmental separation of powers:. We must first determine the nature of the election procedure, whether…