Terrell v. Greene
Texas Supreme Court
Original Proceeding in Supreme Court, by Ben M. Terrell, county attorney of Tarrant County, against S. P. Greene, judge of the District Court in and for said county, for writ of mandamus to compel said district judge to permit complainant to participate as county attorney in a suit in the District Court of said county, by Tarrant County, plaintiff, against the county treasurer and his sureties.
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Original Proceeding in Supreme Court, by Ben M. Terrell, county attorney of Tarrant County, against S. P. Greene, judge of the District Court in and for said county, for writ of mandamus to compel said district judge to permit complainant to participate as county attorney in a suit in the District Court of said county, by Tarrant County, plaintiff, against the county treasurer and his sureties. Such suit had been instituted by attorneys employed and authorized by the Commissioners Court. Terrell applied to the court, and was refused permission to represent the county or to participate in the…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
—Thomas B. Collins was the duly elected and qualified treasurer of Tarrant County, charged by law with the custody and safe keeping of' the money belonging to the said county. Collins had in his possession, as such treasurer, funds of the said county amounting to more than $100,000, which he had deposited in his own individual name in the City National Bank of Fort Worth. By the failure of the bank Collins was unable to account for the money in his hands, and on the 13th day of April, 1895, Tarrant County instituted suit on Collins’ bond, in the District Court of the…
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