Fletcher v. Bordelon

O’QUINN, J.. This is an appeal by E. A. Fletcher, mayor of the city of Beaumont, and other city officers, from a judgment of the district court of Jefferson county, Tex., perpetuating and mating permanent an injunction against them from enforcing or attempting to enforce the provisions of a certain ordinance passed by the city of Beaumont in regard to the operation of automobiles in the transportation of persons for hire on and over the streets of said city, known as the “Hack and Carriage Ordinance.” The enacting clause of said ordinance is as follows: “An Ordinance entitled an ordinance…