Harney v. Wood

This is an application by John B. Harney, Sheriff of Nueces County, Texas, seeking the issuance of a writ of prohibition by this Court, prohibiting the Honorable Allen Wood, Judge of the 94th District Court of Nueces County, from hearing and determining a proceeding brought by Honorable Gerald C. Mann, as Attorney General of Texas, upon the relation of several citizens of Nueces County, having for its purpose the removal of John B. Harney from the office of Sheriff of Nueces County.

The “Writ of Prohibition” is sought upon two grounds, to-wit:

First. Because Honorable Allen Wood, as Judge of…