State v. Bounds

OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This is a suit brought by the State of Texas to enforce the provisions of Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 911b, the “Texas Motor Carriers Act,”1 to recover civil penalties thereunder and for an injunction. Trial was to the court, sitting without a jury. Judgment was signed on May 24, 1978, which denied all relief prayed for by the State. The State has duly perfected an appeal from that judgment.

The State alleged that Tom Bounds acted unlawfully as a motor carrier on 38 separate days during the period from July, 1976, to September, 1976, in that he transported property for…