Denman v. Quin

SMITH, Chief Justice.

Leroy G. Denman and others, qualified taxpaying voters of the city of San Antonio, brought this action in behalf of themselves and of all others in the named class, against the city of San Antonio, its Mayor, commissioners, and clerk, to compel them, by mandamus, to proceed under the provisions of section 131 of the City Charter to open a register to enable the voters in said class to sign said register in initiation of a referendum to veto an ordinance enacted by the Board of City Commissioners on March 3, 1938, levying an ad valorem tax of $1.90 on the $100 property…