Eberstadt v. State

BOOKHOTTT, Associate Justice.

On May 1, 1897, J. A. Armistead, county judge of Marion County, Texas, instituted this proceeding in the District Court of that County to remove from their respective offices, as county commissioners, E. Eberstadt, J. B. Hedges, and J. D. Little. The election and, qualification of each of the defendants were properly averred and proven. It was alleged that at the same election John M. Harper was elected to the office of county treasurer of Marion County. The petition charged that the defendants, in their official capacity, in the month of December, 1896, after…