State Ex Rel. Sutherland v. Pease
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Nueces County; W. B. I-Iopkins, Judge. Quo warranto by the state, on the relation of H. R. Sutherland, against Clark Pease. From a judgment for defendant, relator appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a quo warranto instituted by the state of Texas, through its district attorney, John I. Kleiber, upon the relation of H.R. Sutherland, to oust the appellee, Clark Pease, from the office of mayor of the city of Corpus Christi, and place relator therein. A trial resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee.
The trial judge filed his conclusions of fact, in which he found that the official returns of the election held for city officers on April 4, 1912, showed that Clark Pease received, for the office of mayor, a total of 548 votes, and H.R. Sutherland 338 votes, but that the actual count…
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