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JEFFERSON COUNTY v. FARRIS

No. 7331.

476 S.W.2d 457 (1972)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Relator, v. Honorable James M. FARRIS, Judge, et al., Respondents.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

January 27, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. G. Walley, Jr., Beaumont, for relator.

W. Everett Sanderson, Nederland, Long & Parker, Port Arthur, for respondents.

KEITH, Justice.

This is an original proceeding wherein Jefferson County seeks a writ of mandamus to compel Honorable James M. Farris, Judge of the County Court of Jefferson County at Law No. 2, to proceed to trial and judgment in a case pending upon the docket of said court.

Our jurisdiction is invoked under the provisions of Art. 1824, Vernon's Ann. Civ.St., providing that, "Said Courts [of Civil Appeals] ... may issue the writ of Mandamus to compel a Judge...

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