State v. De Gress

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This proceeding was commenced in the court below by an information in the nature of a quo warranto filed by the district attorney of the Twenty-sixth Judicial District upon relation of C. E. Fisher, for the purpose of determining whether or not the respondent, who is appellee here, is qualified to hold the office of alderman in the city of Austin.

The judge below, to whom the case was submitted without a jury, entertained jurisdiction of the cause, but held that under the facts in evidence the respondent was not disqualified to hold the office.

It was alleged in the…