Ex parte Webb

This was a petition by Webb for mandamus, to be directed to tbe Hon. Geobge H. Csaig, presiding over tlie Circuit Court of Dallas, to compel him to strike a certain cause from tbe docket; a motion to that effect having been made before him and overruled. Tbe facts shown by tbe petition are as follows: Webb purchased a certain lot of land in tbe city of Selma, at a city tax sale; paid tbe amount of bis bid and received a certificate of purchase, in accordance with the provisions of tbe charter of that city. Tbe premises, consisting of a brick store and lot on wbicb it was built, were then in…