Legal Opinion

Bounty Ballroom v. Bain

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 29, 1948No. 5851PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOKES, Justice.

This suit was instituted by the appellee, J. C. Bain, against the appellants, George Lontos and R. H. Myers, partners and operators of a dance hall in the city of Dallas known as The Bounty Ballroom, and against P. W. Chandler, a special police officer of the city of Dallas. The purpose of the suit was to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted upon the ap-pellee by Chandler on January 31, 1942, as the result of an assault and battery committed upon the appellee while he was a guest of The Bounty Ballroom.

The case was submitted to a jury upon twenty-eight special…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Dillingham v. RussellTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Marek v. Southern Enterprises Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
  3. Baker Hotel of Dallas, Inc. v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
  4. Home Telephone &. Electric Co. v. BrantonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1928
  5. People Ex Rel. Duryea v. . WilberNew York Court of Appeals · 1910

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Willie Dobson v. D.R. CamdenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
  2. Mansfield v. C.F. Bent Tree Apartment Ltd. Partnership, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2001
  3. Hudson Circle Servicenter, Inc. v. KearnySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
  4. City of Dallas v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
  5. Banknote Club & Stan's Boilermaker v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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