Dobkins v. Reece

This appeal involves a contest over the office of sheriff of Cooke county. Jake Wright was the duly elected and acting sheriff of Cooke county for the term beginning January 1, 1927, and ending January 1, 1929. He was duly nominated during the July primary, 1928, and was reelected at the succeeding general election, November 6, 1928. On December 12, 1928, he died, without having qualified under his new term. On December 14, 1928,. the county commissioners’ court elected or appointed Jonathan Dobkins as sheriff, who happened to be at the time of his appointment a member of the commissioners’…