Shelton v. City of Abilene

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

In this cause appellants have presented four motions with which this opinion deals, as follows:(1) For writ of certiorari to perfect the record.(2) For writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable M. S. Long, district judge, to fix the amount of a supersedeas bond.(3) For this court to fix the amount of a supersedeas bond.(4) For an injunction to be issued out of this court to preserve the subject-matter in status quo pending the appeal.

On October 6, 1934, S. M. Shelton and forty other residents of the city of Abilene presented to the Honorable M. S. Long, district judge,…