Rankin v. Noel
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Frio County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Application for writ of mandamus by W. D. Rankin and others against E. W. Noel, county commissioner, and others. From a judgment refusing the writ, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFly, C. J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus by appellants against E. W. Noel, county commissioner of his county, to compel 'him to open a certain second-class road, described therein. It was alleged that on or about May 22, 1914, the commissioners’ court of Frio county passed an order, directing appellee, Noel, who was the commissioner of precinct No. 2, in which the road was ■situated, to open to the public a road of the second class, at least 40 feet wide, beginning at a certain point and continuing to the line of Frio and Atascosa counties; that the commissioners’ court had power to make…
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