City of Fort Worth v. McDonald

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

From a temporary injunction against the City of Fort Worth enjoining it from enforcing within its corporate limits an ordinance prohibiting the keeping and displaying of “pinball machines” or “marble boards”, the City appeals.

Affirmed.

The ordinance (No. 3434) was passed on February 22, 1956. Within five days suit was filed. The petitioner for injunctive and declaratory relief was Ben McDonald, an individual whose occupation is that of operating coin machines, including “pinball machines” and “marble boards”. A number of special exceptions were leveled at McDonald’s…