Deal v. Bonner

OPINION

BROOKSHIRE, Justice.

In late March, 1984, the District Court of Angelina County, after a show cause hearing, found that a petition bearing the signatures of more than 400 resident voters or electors of the City of Hudson, seeking the disincorporation of the municipal corporation, had been filed with the Mayor of Hudson, Donald E. Deal. The court decided that the Mayor was required to order an election but that he had failed to do so. The District Court ordered an election under TEX.REV. CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 1241a (Vernon 1985 Pamph.Supp.), issuing a writ of mandamus to that effect. The…