Wright v. Adams
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Waller. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. Wright claiming to have been duly elected justice of the peace in precinct No. 1, Waller county, at the general election, December 2, 1873, and having qualified, brought suit against Adams, who had been elected to the office at the election held in August, 1873, at the organization of Waller county.
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Appeal from Waller. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. Wright claiming to have been duly elected justice of the peace in precinct No. 1, Waller county, at the general election, December 2, 1873, and having qualified, brought suit against Adams, who had been elected to the office at the election held in August, 1873, at the organization of Waller county. An agreed statement of facts upon which the case was tried shows: “1. J. H. Adams was duly elected justice of the peace of precinct No. 1, Waller county, on the 16th day of August, 1873, at the election under the act of 13th…
1Opinion of the Court
Moose, Associate Justice.
This is a suit for the office of justice of the peace of precinct No. 1, Waller county, to which appellant claimed to have been elected at the general election held December 2, 1873; while appellee maintains that he is justly and legally entitled thereto by virtue of an election held on the 16th of August, 1873, in pursuance of an act passed by the Legislature April 28,1873, creating and provicling for the organization of said Waller county.
The decision of the case seems now of little importance, as the present judgment will have to be reversed. The controversy for…
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