Houtchens v. Mercer

Mr. Judge CRITZ

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This is an original petition for mandamus instituted in the Supreme Court by S. F. Houtchens, Relator, against the Honorable James E. Mercer, Judge of the 67th Judicial District Court of •Tarrant County, Texas, Respondent, seeking to compel the Respondent to fix the amount of a supersedeas bond in a certain case now pending on appeal in the Court of Civil Appeals at Fort Worth.

It is disclosed by the record that Relator was an attorney at law, duly licensed under the laws of Texas and engaged in the practice of his…