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BRIGHT TO CLINT - Feb 19 -- 11:30 a.T.
District Judge Lewis Holland, sitting on the bench in ''eatherford, says he will mail his ruling in a suit brought by Sheriff John Young against county commissioners court. Mbxbg Judge Holland, of Montague County, asked attorneys to file briefs in the case by Monday and said his decision would be sent by mail. Sheriff Young took office kxzkxi in January of 1969, but he failed to post a five-thousand-dollar surety bond within 20 days after he took office. In mid-year, Parker County Commissioners declared the office of sheriff vacant. They then sopointed Young to the job until "the next general election." In his suit, Young says the commissioners' action is depriving him of half his term of office. He was elected for four years; the county's order is forcing him to run aftor only two years. Young also has asked the court to prohibit' opponents from filing against him. He has filed for the Democratic nomination and, so fr,