Brownlee v. Kirkwood

LANGDON, Justice.

The appellee filed his original petition for injunction against defendants, Jerry Brown-lee, City Manager; Cato Hightower, Chief of Police; and Bayard Friedman, Mayor, all of the City of Fort Worth, complaining that these officials had “perpetrated”, “initiated” and “executed” a chain of events and “circumstances” expressly designed to harass plaintiff’s customers and “precipitate the ruination of plaintiff’s business.” Trial was to the court. After the plaintiff rested, the three named defendants moved the court to enter judgment on their behalf on the ground there was no…