Ex Parte S.J. Von Koenneritz

LATTIMORE, Judge.

In 1918 an ordinance of the city of Austin was enacted which reads as follows:

“ Any person who shall hereafter keep or cause to be kept on premises owned or controlled by him, within the limits of the City of Austin, any animal or animals, which by making loud noises, or lowings, or barks, yelps or howls, or other sounds, shall disturb the inhabitants in the vicinity thereof, or which shall be calculated to disturb such inhabitants, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than Five Dollars nor more than One…