Caldwell v. Boyd

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals
• Writing for the Court: Per Curiam
• Citation: Caldwell v. Boyd, 146 S.W.2d 296 (Tex. App. 1941)
• Decision Date: 09 January 1941
• Docket Number: No. 12179.,12179.
• Parties: CALDWELL et ux. v. BOYD, District Judge.

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146 S.W.2d 296

CALDWELL et ux. v. BOYD, District Judge.

No. 12179.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. Galveston.

January 9, 1941.

Application for leave to file petition for mandamus by K. J. Caldwell and wife, relators, against Honorable Ewing Boyd, District Judge.

Motion refused without prejudice.

Bailey P. Loftin, of Houston, for relators.

No appearance for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This is a motion for leave to file petition for mandamus filed herein on January 3, 1941, by K. J. Caldwell and wife as relators against the Honorable Ewing Boyd, Judge of the 55th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, as respondent. Relators seek in their petition an order from this Court commanding the said respondent to set aside his order sustaining the contest to their affidavit of inability to pay the costs of appeal or to give security therefor in a cause numbered B-257,865 and styled Claude Clark v. Pretty Clark et al. on the docket of said District Court in which said cause the trial court rendered judgment against the relators, and from which adverse judgment relators desire to prosecute an appeal to this Court. Relators further request this Court to order the respondent to direct the District Clerk of Harris County to prepare a transcript of all proceedings had in said cause without charge, and to likewise direct the Official Court Reporter for said ...