Centeno v. Inselmann

This is an original petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel respondent, Jake Inselmann, City Clerk of San Antonio, to accept and file the application of relator, Eloy Centeno, to have his name placed on the ballot for Place 9 of the City Council of the City of San Antonio.

On February 28, 1975, relator tendered his application to the respondent. The respondent refused to file the application on *890the ground that relator is now a Trustee of the City Public Service Board of the City of San Antonio and is prohibited under Article XVI, Section 40 of the Constitution, Vernon’s Ann.St., from…