Nelson v. Edwards

Citations

• 55 Tex. 389
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 131

Syllabus

<p>1. Census — Constitutional law — Collector of taxes.— In determining whether a sheriff elected in 1880 was, under section 16, art. VIII, of the constitution of 1876, also ex officio collector of taxes by reason of his county containing less than ten thousand inhabitants, under the “last preceding census of the United States,” the list of the enumerator taking the .tenth census for the county, if duly certified as such, and filed in the office of the county clerk, prior tó his election, will govern.</p> <p>2. Mandamus.—It is well established that mandamus is the remedy to restore one to an office from which he has been illegally ousted, or to place him in possession of one illegally detained, and to cause delivery of its papers, books and archives.</p>