Gonzales v. Laughlin

This is an original proceeding instituted in this Court under the provisions of Article 1824, Vernon’s’ A’nn.Tex.Stats., seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Hon. C. Woodrow Laughlin, District Judge of the 79th District Court, to proceed to trial in an election contest, being No. 2723, styled-Manuel Gonzales, Jr. v. M. J. Rodriguez, now pending upon the docket of the District Court of Starr County, Texas. The contest involves an election held on March 29, 1952, to determine if the Grulla Independent School District should be consolidated with the Rio Grande City Independent School…