Houston Ice & Brewing Co. v. Keenan
Texas Supreme Court
Question certified from the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals was as follows:
1Opinion of the Court
On the 9th day of June, 1902, appellee by written contract leased to appellant a certain building in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, for the term of three years, to begin June 1, 1903. Appellant agreed to pay as rent for the use of said building the sum of $2,100.00 in quarterly installments of $175.00 each. It was stipulated in the lease "that said premises shall be used for the saloon business." After the execution and delivery of the lease and before the term thereof began an election was ordered by the Commissioner's Court of Ellis County, under what is known as our "local option"…
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