Riggins v. Thompson

FISHER, Chief Justice.

This is an action by appellant, who is the mayor of the city of Waco, to restrain the appellees, the board of aldermen and city council of the city of Waco, from proceeding with an impeachment trial and removing him from his office as mayor. The court granted a temporary injunction which, upon motion, was dissolved, and the case -dismissed for want of equity in the bill.

In Delahanty v. Warner, 20 American Reports, 237, same case, 75 Illinois, 185, the court in its opinion says: “The appellant was superintendent of streets in the city of Peoria, and he alleges by his bill…