Brown v. Clapp

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is an original application by relator Francis L. Brown for writ of mandamus against Honorable Harold B. Clapp, respondent and Judge of the 321st Judicial District Court of Smith County, seeking permission, without payment of costs or giving security therefor, to prosecute a cause of action for divorce, being Cause No. 80-1253, In the Matter of the Marriage of Francis L. Brown and Leroy Brown and in the Interest of Debbie Brown and Jo Ann Brown, children, on the docket of said court.

At the institution of the divorce suit, relator Brown filed an affidavit of…