Edmondson v. Cumings
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Austin County ; Norman G. Kittrell, Special Judge. Suit by J. E. Edmondson, as County Attorney, for himself and in behalf of the county, to restrain G. S. Cumings knd oth-. ers, as members of the Commissioners’ Court, and the County Clerk of Austin County, from allowing county officials to pay for postage stamps out of the county fund. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Appellant J. E. Edmondson, who was county -attorney of Austin county, filed this suit in the district court of that county against- the county judge and other members of its commissioners’ court and its county clerk, alleging that he did so for himself and in behalf of the county, charging that the commissioners' court had formerly allowed, and unless restrained, would in the future continue to allow all the county officers of Austin county to- illegally pay for postage stamps used by them in them official and private business out of the county’s funds, and praying for an injunction to…
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