State v. Touchy

COULSON, Justice.

The State of Texas filed this mandamus action to compel Judge Hugo Touchy, judge of the County Court at Law No. 3, Harris County, to comply with article 3266 § 7, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. This statute requires that in eminent domain cases, if no objections to the decision of the commissioners are timely filed,

the County Judge shall cause said decision to be recorded in the minutes of the County Court, and shall make the same the judgment of the court and issue the necessary process to enforce the same.

This case arose from the condemnation of a piece of property owned by Charles…