Garitty v. Rainey

This is an original proceeding for mandamus, to require the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District to certify to this Court certain questions determined by them in the case of James Garitty et al. v. J. L. Holbert, Mayor, et al. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, containing a full statement of the case, is reported in 235 S. W., 231. The relators here were plaintiffs in the trial court and appellants in the Court of Civil Appeals. The suit is the contest of an election, and the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals is final. Revised Statutes, Article 1591.

On December 11, 1917,…