Manning v. San Antonio Club
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the. Hon. Geo. H. Noonan. The appellant, who brought this suit, was a member of the San Antonio Club, a corporation created, organized and doing business under the laws of Texas at San Antonio, and formed for literary purposes, to promote social intercourse among its members and to provide them the conveniences of a club house. The club had no capital stock.
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Appeal from Bexar. Tried below before the. Hon. Geo. H. Noonan. The appellant, who brought this suit, was a member of the San Antonio Club, a corporation created, organized and doing business under the laws of Texas at San Antonio, and formed for literary purposes, to promote social intercourse among its members and to provide them the conveniences of a club house. The club had no capital stock. Its funds are made up of initiation fees and monthly dues; but it owns valuable personal property, consisting of furniture, fixtures and other appointments in the club house, a valuable library and…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.
The first and second assignments of error will be considered together. And these assignments must be regarded rather as presenting inferences drawn by counsel from the judgment rendered, than rulings of the court. The presiding judge did not write out his conclusions of law. He simply gave judgment in the following words: “ After argument, it being the opinion of the court that no case is presented which would warrant the granting of a peremptory mandamus, it is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the alternative writ of manclamus heretofore issued be discharged.”
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