Court of Appeals of Texas June 2, 1886, No. 3875 (Ex parte Beaty)

Willson,. Judge.

A majority of the court, Judge Hurt dissenting, are of the opinion that the order of the commissioners’ court of Throckmorton county, ordering an election in said county to determine whether or no’t the sale, exchange, or barter of intoxicating liquors should be prohibited in said county, is a nullity, because made without authority of law.