STATE EX REL. WATKINS v. MORGAN

No. 5811.

555 S.W.2d 217 (1977)

The STATE of Texas on the relation of Lawrence WATKINS, Appellant, v. C. B. MORGAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Dick Kettler, Hall, Terrell & Kettler, Felipe Reyna, Dist. Atty., Waco, for appellant.

J. David Dickson, Haley, Fulbright, Winniford, Bice & Davis, Waco, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

This is a quo warranto proceeding. It was prosecuted by the State of Texas on the relation of Lawrence Watkins to oust appellee C. B. Morgan from the office of Mayor of the City of Beverly Hills and install Lawrence Watkins therein. After a hearing without a jury, judgment was rendered on July 22, 1977, that the State and Watkins take nothing. Motion for new trial was not filed by any party.

The State brought this appeal. Neither a transcript...

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