Hidalgo County Water Improvement District No. 2 v. Blalock

By this original proceeding relators seek a writ of mandamus directing and requiring Honorable W. R. Blalock, Judge of the 93rd District Court of Hidalgo County, to proceed to the trial of Cause No. B-20,576 on the docket of that court. The sole question involved is whether Judge Blalock is disqualified to try the case under Article V, Section 11, of our State Constitution, more specifically under that provision thereof reading as follows: “No judge shall sit in any case wherein he may be interested, * * It is not claimed that he is disqualified on any other ground.

This court has jurisdiction…