G.H. Newnom v. H.H. Neill

This is a motion to file a petition for a writ of mandamus against the judges of the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District. We are of opinion that the motion should be overruled.

George E. Williamson, who is made a corespondent in the petition for mandamus, brought suit against the relator and one S. T. White to recover a tract of land lying in Jackson and Matagorda Counties. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appealed. A stenographer’s report of the oral evidence was made out and approved as a statement of facts and was sent…