Legal Opinion

Alpha Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Houston

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 26, 1967No. 15016PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice.

By this suit appellant seeks to prevent appellees from enforcing that portion of the Fireworks Ordinance of the City of Houston, Texas, declaring “the presence of any fireworks within the jurisdiction of the City in violation of this Article is hereby declared to be a common and public nuisance. The Fire Marshal is directed and required to seize and cause to be safely destroyed any fireworks found within the jurisdiction in violation of this Article. * * * »

At a trial to the court without a jury, judgment was rendered denying the relief prayed for. No findings of fact or…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Crossman v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Stockwell v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Bielecki v. City of Port ArthurTexas Commission of Appeals · 1929

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cadena v. Chicago Fireworks Manufacturing Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1998
  2. Cohen v. BredehoeftDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1968
  3. City of Addison v. Dallas Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. A. M. Cohen and Wife, Verbie Lee Cohen v. R. C. Bredehoeft, Fire Marshal of City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  5. PPC Enterprises, Inc. v. TEXAS CITY, TEX.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1999

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