Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

February 26, 1970 Honorable Tom Curtis Opinion No. H-586 District Attorney Potter County Courthouse Rer Whether, under the stated Amarillo, Texas 79101 facts, the mayor of Amarillo resigned his office upon becoming a candidate for county judge; and related Dear Mr. Curtis: questions. In your recent letter to this office you state that on February 2, 1970, Mr. J. Ernest Stroud, the incumbent mayor of the City of Amarillo , officially filed and announced as a candidate for the office of county judge of Randall County, and, at that time the unexpired term of his office as mayor exceeded one…