Ellis v. Hanks

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

H. Wayne Hanks and eleven other citizens of the City of Grand Prairie, Texas brought this action in the district court against Tom E. Ellis in his official capacity as County Clerk of Dallas County, Texas in which they sought a writ of mandamus and, in the alternative, a declaratory judgment. Plaintiffs below alleged that they had presented to defendant Ellis a duly executed written application for petitions for a local option election to be held within the corporate limits of the City of Grand Prairie pursuant to authority of Article 666-32, Vernon’s Texas…