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SPEARS v. DAVIS

Nos. A-11215, A-11224.

398 S.W.2d 921 (1966)

Franklin SPEARS, Relator, v. Will D. DAVIS, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Respondent. Galloway CALHOUN, Jr., Relator, v. Will D. DAVIS, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cofer, Cofer & Hearne, Austin, William L. Garwood, Austin, for relator Spears.

Dan Moody, Jr., John E. Clark, Austin, for relator Calhoun.

Tom Sealy, Midland, Joe M. Kilgore, Austin, for respondent.

NORVELL, Justice.

Relators, Franklin Spears and Galloway Calhoun, Jr., presently State Senators, have filed separate petitions for original writs of mandamus ordering Will D. Davis, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, to place their names upon the primary ballot as candidates for the Democratic nomination for the office of Attorney General of Texas. Article 1735a, Vernon's Ann.Tex.Stats., Appellate Procedure in Texas, § 1.4[1]. While the causes...

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