State Ex Rel. Reaves v. Wilkinson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Franklin County; P. A. Turner, Judge. Application by the State, on the relation of R. W. Reaves, against H. L. Wilkinson and others, for leave to file an information in the nature of quo warranto. From an order refusing leave and denying a temporary writ of injunction, relator appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
This appeal is from an order made in chambers by Hon. P. A. Turner, judge of the Fifth judicial district, refusing to permit the appellant to file an information in the nature of quo warranto, and refusing an application for a preliminary injunction. The petition for the writ of quo warranto attacked the validity of the proceedings by which the town of Mt. Vernon, Tex., was incorporated under the general laws of this state. Four grounds were set out. The first assailed the form of the ballot used; the second charged that the territorial limits included agricultural and grazing lands not used…
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