Westervelt v. Yates, Ch.

Relator, Judge George C. Westervelt, who is now judge of the Criminal District Court of Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy and Cameron Counties, and a resident of Nueces County, filed on April 11, 1946, with the Democratic Executive Committee of Cameron County a request or application, in due form and properly executed, that his name be placed on the official ballot as a candidate for nomination to the office of district judge of the said district at the Democratic primary election to be held on July 27, 1946. The executive committee, composed of respondent H. L. Yates as chairman and the other…