Estes v. Commissioners Court of Hood County

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Roy E. Estes and wife against the Commissioners Court of Hood County and the members thereof, including the county judge, as its presiding officer, the tax assessor and collector of the county, and W. F. Turner and E. M. Dodson, to restrain the carrying out and performance of a certain contract made by the Commissioners Court for and in the name of the county, with defendants, Turner and Dodson, a copy of which was attached to plaintiffs’ petition as a part thereof.

(The contract embodies the following stipulations:

“Whereas, the Commissioners…