Kilday v. State ex rel. Candler

BICKETT, Chief Justice.

This proceeding is in the nature of a quo warranto action, brought under article 3173, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas (1925), to prevent the name of James V. Allred, the nominee of the Democratic Party in Texas for the office of Governor, from being placed on the official ballot for the general election to be held November 6, 1934.

The petition was filed on September 14, 1934, in the district court of the Ninety-Fourth judicial district in the name of the state of Texas, acting by Walter Tynan, the district attorney of Bexar county, upon the relation of Ralph Candler,…