Houston Tap & Brazoria Railway Co. v. Randolph
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. Alexander W. Terrell. This was a petition for a mandamus by the appellant against the appellee, C. H. Randolph, Treasurer of the State, and C. B. Johns, the comptroller, to compel the said Randolph, to pay over and deliver to the authorized agent or officer of the appellant, the amount of $150,000, in the United States five per cent, indemnity bonds, belonging to the special school fund, in ' the treasury of the State, upon the…
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. Alexander W. Terrell. This was a petition for a mandamus by the appellant against the appellee, C. H. Randolph, Treasurer of the State, and C. B. Johns, the comptroller, to compel the said Randolph, to pay over and deliver to the authorized agent or officer of the appellant, the amount of $150,000, in the United States five per cent, indemnity bonds, belonging to the special school fund, in ' the treasury of the State, upon the warrant of the board of special school commissioners, appointed to invest the fund in the bonds of railroad companies;…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This is a proceeding, by mandamus, instituted in the District Court of Travis county, to compel the treasurer of the State to satisfy a warrant, to him directed by the governor and attorney-general, being two out of the three officers composing the board of school commissioners, in favor of the Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway Company, for $150,000 of the five per cent, stock, belonging to the special school fund, in the treasury of the State. The petition, being excepted to generally and specially, was dismissed by the District Court.
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