Cook v. Jones

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Lessie Mae Cook appeals from an order of the Domestic Relations Court of Dallas County denying her petition for mandamus against the Sheriff and District Clerk of Dallas County and also the County Judge and members of the Dallas County Commissioners’ Court. The petition sought to compel the parties to provide necessary funds to defray the costs of publication of citation in a divorce action, and to compel the return of such citation following publication.

On July 17, 1973, Lessie Mae Cook filed a petition for divorce against her husband, Horace Cook. Her petition…