Legal Opinion
W.D. Yett, Mayor v. Cook
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 3, 1926No. 4320, Motion No. 6525PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case is before us on motion by W.D. Yett, Mayor of the City of Austin, and other officials of the City, relators, for leave to file an original petition for writs of prohibition, mandamus, procedendo and injunction against Charles B. Cook, the Honorable George Calhoun, Judge of the Fifty-third District, and A.S. Philquist, Clerk of the District Court of Travis County.
It appears from the petition and exhibits that Mr. Cook filed a petition for mandamus in the District Court of Travis County, Fifty-third District, against the relators in this action and two other named parties as officers…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Virginia v. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Root v. WoolworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Phil. H. Pierce Co. v. WatkinsTexas Supreme Court · 1924
- Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. State of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1907
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. MuseTexas Supreme Court · 1919
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Cleveland v. WardTexas Supreme Court · 1926
- Morrow v. CorbinTexas Supreme Court · 1933
- Fulton v. FinchTexas Supreme Court · 1961
- Pope v. FergusonTexas Supreme Court · 1969
- W.D. Yett, Mayor v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1926
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