Gaal v. Townsend

GAINES, Associate Justice.

-—At the general election held in Hovember, 1888, the appellant was elected one of the commissioners of El Paso County, and having duly qualified as such entered upon the duties of the office. In April, 1889, he also accepted the office of mayor of the town of Ysleta. Appellee Townsend was -at the time the county judge of the county, and treating appellant’s office of commissioner as having been vacated by the acceptance of the office of mayor of Ysleta, proceeded to appoint his coappellee Schütz to fill the vacancy. Schütz was thereupon inducted into the office.…